Linus responds to Nvidia v. Hardware Unboxed Scandal

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  • @Hardwareunboxed
    @Hardwareunboxed Před 3 lety +8152

    Quick 39min clip, I'm glad we have this :D

    • @Mach1048
      @Mach1048 Před 3 lety +273

      I've being watching your stuff on an off, when this all happened, straight away subscribed. I'm really glad it got sorted out.
      I think I've watched this Rant of Linus's about 5 times now, because it makes me feel good.

    • @anirudhtammireddy464
      @anirudhtammireddy464 Před 3 lety +15

      dw bro.

    • @majoryoshi
      @majoryoshi Před 3 lety +38

      I'd like but you're at 69 likes

    • @gamingunboxed5130
      @gamingunboxed5130 Před 3 lety +21

      @@majoryoshi Please don't ruin that ;)

    • @syedia
      @syedia Před 3 lety +10

      100th like, anyways gonna explore this channel now that i know about this

  • @d-fan
    @d-fan Před 3 lety +5803

    Note that this is Canadian rage. If you convert to American rage, he's actually 10x angrier than what comes across in the video.

    • @AshtonSnapp
      @AshtonSnapp Před 3 lety +56

      Interesting.

    • @Mucho-Taco
      @Mucho-Taco Před 3 lety +600

      I fucking hate the exchange rate.

    • @kazi1
      @kazi1 Před 3 lety +34

      @@Mucho-Taco lol

    • @JoshKeatonFan
      @JoshKeatonFan Před 3 lety +61

      Does that mean this rant is the equivalent of the January 6th Capitol Riot in Washington D.C.? Is this the Canadian MAGA hat wearing Trump supporter?

    • @jex-the-notebook-guy1002
      @jex-the-notebook-guy1002 Před 3 lety +39

      @@JoshKeatonFan pretty sure all the riots were staged. ignore the news "don't worry, be happy"

  • @hajime9886
    @hajime9886 Před 3 lety +2030

    “I’m using very strong language here cause it’s appropriate”
    I agree 1000%

    • @magnanimus9692
      @magnanimus9692 Před 2 lety +4

      He held back tbh

    • @pandemicneetbux2110
      @pandemicneetbux2110 Před 2 lety +8

      It's kinda funny in a Canadian sense come to think
      But yeah. We now have 600w graphics cards with multithousand dollar price tages thanks to nVidia, and they keep trying to justify that by having proprietary bullshittery in order to offer something to make AMD's performance look crippled in some minor area with something not a lot of us care about while getting trounced in everything from power consumption to smoothness to performance, and I think they're in trouble because of it. I think that's the big reason they went after people like Steve, especially because there was this really slimey campaign that failed trying to say "DLSS is making native obsolete" and scammed people into getting 60 cards thinking DLSS was going to make any resolution playable lol. It often feels more and more like selling snakeoil than trying to deliver a sincere performance uplift. It's mid 2022 now, is there even any one game out there that makes RT look worth it yet?

    • @Middleseed
      @Middleseed Před rokem

      @@pandemicneetbux2110 Yeah, it looks great on Minecraft, but I do admit on most games it’s kinda pointless.

    • @pandemicneetbux2110
      @pandemicneetbux2110 Před rokem

      @@Middleseed I mean, it's just the upscaling and pricing issue really, coupled with lack of inventiveness by devs and that nVidia makes it so freaking hard to work with them I doubt many Polish indie developers are going to be implementing awesome raytracing in their horror games. But yeah. Think FEAR and DeadSpace. Now imagine if Visceral or somebody who's really good at doing proper lighting and atmosphere can get hold of properly pathtraced scenes, or Ubisoft making something that looks so good as The Division when it's snowing at night in NYC. Stuff like that yeah, I'd take a hard look at raytracing, but I just don't see it on the market, and every "all surfaces are polished mirrors" game just makes me think it'll look as silly and dated in 2027 as games that abuse the F out of bloom when bloom was first introduced look now. It's like, sometimes less is more guys. Real life does not look like Control; real life looks like The Division.

    • @Mateus01234
      @Mateus01234 Před rokem

      I must say I strongly disagree with you. I would never agree 1000% on that.
      I'd agree at least 10000%

  • @robertgiudice5257
    @robertgiudice5257 Před 3 lety +3259

    3:34 "Gaming, content creation, or studio streaming"
    I love how Nvidia conveniently left out mining in that sentence....

    • @kumbandit
      @kumbandit Před 3 lety +168

      But they don't support mining, they stay clear of it... They even made a GPU that has mining halved in the driver... /s

    • @JackPorter
      @JackPorter Před 3 lety +93

      @Wirmire can't you read, or is "/s" just invisible to you?

    • @notbanned6158
      @notbanned6158 Před 2 lety +23

      @@JackPorter not everyone uses reddit, but it was super obvious. no one uses " ... " unless they are dying of some type of brain melting virus

    • @MrCh0o
      @MrCh0o Před 2 lety +85

      @@notbanned6158 Just so you know, "/s" is not a Reddit thing. (contrary to things like "/r/whoosh" etc)

    • @amanbeerkhanduja6490
      @amanbeerkhanduja6490 Před 2 lety +16

      @@notbanned6158 ...that's untrue

  • @kelvinspear3606
    @kelvinspear3606 Před 3 lety +3438

    This made me respect linus on a new level the passion he has for the business and smaller tech channels. you can hear it in his voice almost seemed like he was gona tear up a few times with anger towards nvidea.

    • @Mizra-dq3lj
      @Mizra-dq3lj Před 3 lety +171

      He really cares about the average PC guy and the tech community, the Linus walking in the rain videos are some of his noblest videos I've ever seen

    • @Supremax67
      @Supremax67 Před 3 lety +8

      But then he went around and used an NVIDIA GPU as a thumbnail for promoting another of his videos.
      Shill much?

    • @luke_court
      @luke_court Před 3 lety +75

      @@Supremax67 he was showing it as a rip off is the interpretation I get and that’s not being a shill anyway

    • @Supremax67
      @Supremax67 Před 3 lety +8

      @@luke_court -- He was using the thumbnail because it favors the algorithm, that is the definition of a shill.

    • @TechZACH16
      @TechZACH16 Před 3 lety +183

      @@Supremax67 he's addressed this before in another WAN show. LMG has over 50 employees who's livelihoods depend on their continued success. His position is that he's willing to sacrifice the thumbnail for click through as long as his videos maintain their integrity. I don't love it either, but it's business and I understand that you can't make content at the level they do without some concessions.

  • @joeschmoe5009
    @joeschmoe5009 Před 3 lety +1828

    Ive never seen linus so upset. Glad to see his passion and stand up for anyone mistreated. Keep it up linus!

    • @imblack011
      @imblack011 Před 3 lety +22

      U must be new here. I've seen linus much more upset than this before

    • @OktavianiFriska
      @OktavianiFriska Před 3 lety +4

      @@imblack011 did you had link with timestamp of his mad? Can be use for my case study...

    • @frankiebigrings7048
      @frankiebigrings7048 Před 3 lety +28

      @@imblack011 that intel vid a while back about review embargo yeah its fun watching Linus tear into a company when they do anti consumer shit refreshing

    • @bigbundle3223
      @bigbundle3223 Před 3 lety +40

      @@frankiebigrings7048 What makes it so great is that, despite how he hams it up for the camera, he knows his shit. Both about the technology and the industry, and has one of the most obvious moral compasses I’ve seen. When he goes hard, it matters to viewers because it so clearly matters to him. Backed up with facts, passion, and experience, it makes a takedown incredibly scathing.

    • @salvadorfonseca7
      @salvadorfonseca7 Před 3 lety +2

      @@frankiebigrings7048 what exactly are you referring to? Definitely interested! Lol new to wan shows i watched this one live thankfully.

  • @Atlastheyote222
    @Atlastheyote222 Před 2 lety +775

    “Gamers work hard for their money”
    Harder than usual thanks to Nvidia’s absurd price-gouging

    • @sanmedina
      @sanmedina Před 2 lety +10

      Screw nvidia but to be fair that problem in particular is the scalpers and the miners not nvidia themselves

    • @marcusborderlands6177
      @marcusborderlands6177 Před 2 lety +41

      @@sanmedina so the MSRP of their cards is acceptable?

    • @ateyaba7253
      @ateyaba7253 Před 2 lety +5

      @@marcusborderlands6177 You sound like a Twitter user right now...
      He said "The problem in particular is the scalpers and miners and not NVIDIA themselves."
      That's what he said.
      He never said "their MSRP is acceptable"
      Actually, his comment doesn't even include any of those words except for "is"
      He said what he said, nothing more, nothing less

    • @marcusborderlands6177
      @marcusborderlands6177 Před 2 lety +46

      @@ateyaba7253 He said the problem is the scalpers, yet there are quite a few cards available at MSRP. the issue is that they are shit cards for way too much money.
      The original comment was about NVIDIAS PRICE GOUGING, which is what i was referring to, as its still a problem.
      Also how the fuck do i sound like a twitter user? What does that even mean?

    • @MultiSneakerLover
      @MultiSneakerLover Před rokem +1

      💀

  • @ChrisChronos
    @ChrisChronos Před 3 lety +1226

    Luke doing his absolute best to keep the stream lighthearted lol

    • @jesuschristislord6790
      @jesuschristislord6790 Před 2 lety +59

      and all he does is just make Linus even more pissed off by interrupting him

    • @arkadious9320
      @arkadious9320 Před 2 lety +28

      Linus was about to tell Luke to stfu lol. . he only figured that out mins later.

  • @jonhughes4079
    @jonhughes4079 Před 3 lety +2195

    This is genuinely one of his best moments. Full bore calling out of unfair business practices, protecting the smaller channels in the tech space, and putting his own neck on the line to do so. Much respect Linus, you are a positive force in the world.

    • @as7river
      @as7river Před 2 lety +63

      I would like to think Linus is in fact a force to be reckoned with in the tech media world. I can only imagine what would happen if Nvidia or Intel tried to cut LMG off, a literal shitstorm probably.

    • @frandurrieu6477
      @frandurrieu6477 Před 2 lety +11

      @@as7river The backlash would be stupidly hih, even if they wanted to do it LTT is one of the biggest tech reviewing channels out there so the company would be fucking blasted on social media

    • @KindOldRaven
      @KindOldRaven Před 2 lety +16

      @@frandurrieu6477 If Linus would, rightfully, smash a big company they'd actually feel it in their wallets in the end due to the backlash. So I'd agree, I think he's pretty influencial right now.

    • @TheKiltedYaksman1
      @TheKiltedYaksman1 Před 2 lety +23

      It's a crying shame that nobody had that kind of exposure and influence back in 98-00 when nVidia used some *shady* fucking tricks to bulldoze 3dfx out of business.

    • @pandemicneetbux2110
      @pandemicneetbux2110 Před 2 lety +9

      @@TheKiltedYaksman1 Yeah this too, and it feels like one of their biggest achievements was ganking PhysX from somebody else.
      But anyway yeah to me this is what clearly distinguished them from being mere price gougers to also being kind of shitbags about it who don't even have product to offer, but just memes. Like if they had a real good piece of hardware and actually cared about making good hardware still, they'd have just let it market itself by performance. But instead, they chose what really they did back in Pascal era even, which is to routinely come up with some kind of proprietary bullcrap that hits your performance hard but then hits anyone else way harder, like HairWorks. Like wtf, so your proprietary gimmick is why we're supposed to like Pascal? They did because it performed well enough.
      So I think that they never changed since their straight up lying about GTX 970 "4"gb and HairWorks, only now they're trying to shackle that to a $1500 card to then bully tech reviewers and not even smaller more indie ones but major channels just because not many people give any fucks about the next HairWorks feature. Which can be neat on its own, but every neat thing they do is two steps back thanks to their nonstop bullcrap, and the insane price creep they've been doing for ages now, all of which we really only tolerated because AMD kinda sucked for the longest while, basically until about RDNA and even then they had such a disastrous launch 5700XT/5600XT which were great value and fantastic performers crippled by shitty zeroday drivers for long enough that nVidia maintained the market share. But then we get 2020 aaaand...a minor plague happens. Also we had a pandemic, but yeah a plague of scalping and miners, so it got fucked in that sense despite RDNA2 being a Zen2 tier moment for once in a decade.
      And that's where nVidia fails and why they're continuing to be failing, because WHAT WE AS GAMERS CARE ABOUT IS PERFORMANCE. I don't give a fuck about shadowplay. I want a performant card at a SANE price, and the fact they've been moving on to this Apple cultist like "mindshare" while shoving 600w+ down the pipe is a direct signal to me that they've already entered Fermi territory.

  • @exoticbutters9955
    @exoticbutters9955 Před 3 lety +2947

    Angry beard Linus is best Linus

    • @sannidhyabalkote9536
      @sannidhyabalkote9536 Před 3 lety +16

      Pog

    • @nicky2575
      @nicky2575 Před 3 lety +48

      We have reached peak Linus

    • @valentinarash
      @valentinarash Před 3 lety +36

      More lumberjack canadian than ever! Now with a beanie.

    • @Jake9066
      @Jake9066 Před 3 lety +17

      ​@@valentinarash When are we getting LTT-branded flannel, so he can complete the transformation?

    • @AustenHilton
      @AustenHilton Před 3 lety

      @@Jake9066 we need to start a #

  • @squaredonut1000
    @squaredonut1000 Před 3 lety +279

    If Nvidia thinks they could buy biased reviews by giving a free card, I applaud reviewers for telling Nvidia to shove it. I have high respect for tech reviewers holding their ground. If Nvidia's products don't get reviewed, hopefully that will translate to less sales. Gotta hurt them in wallet to straighten these companies out.

    • @jeremydale4548
      @jeremydale4548 Před 10 měsíci

      And fire the idiots bringing this stupidity in.

  • @connoc5078
    @connoc5078 Před 3 lety +370

    "Features that are important to gamer" Well, I'm a gamer and personally I have no interest in ray tracing or any of the other features nvidea wants to advertise.

    • @Duplicitousthoughtformentity
      @Duplicitousthoughtformentity Před 3 lety +54

      Ray tracing is still so experimental that it feels like a fad that’ll be obsolete in a matter of years when something better comes along. As for muh graphics... i happen to think crysis 3 (which has no ray tracing) looks pretty good and that game came out like 8 years ago.

    • @connoc5078
      @connoc5078 Před 3 lety +16

      @@Duplicitousthoughtformentity Yeah, and you get a game like skyrim that has mods that literally make it look next gen.
      Also, I just don't care much about graphics anyway.

    • @koenvisser8527
      @koenvisser8527 Před 3 lety +19

      @@Duplicitousthoughtformentity Ray tracing is as old as rasterization. It was literally invented in the 16th century. I doubt something better will come along since ray tracing works basically the same way as light does in real life. I doubt you'll get much better graphics than in real life.

    • @ArtisChronicles
      @ArtisChronicles Před 3 lety +1

      I felt that way about physx, still do lol

    • @ArtisChronicles
      @ArtisChronicles Před 3 lety

      @@koenvisser8527 it's possible, once you have a way of making humans aware of all the dimensions and able to perceive them all.
      None of us will be alive to see that.

  • @mini-_
    @mini-_ Před 3 lety +1452

    You know it's a great LMG Clip, when the clip is half of the source material.

  • @JonBoy470
    @JonBoy470 Před 3 lety +541

    What’s nice is that Linus gets to speak his mind, since he’s big enough NVidia can’t ignore him.

    • @LainK1978
      @LainK1978 Před rokem

      See that's where you're wrong everybody can ignore a Linus. He's misrepresenting what's happened. Hardware unboxed doesn't want to review the full product. They only want to review a specific application of the product and nothing else. As such Nvidia remove them from being able to get free samples. Nothing more nothing less there is nothing unfair about it. There are hundreds of reviewers who do not get anything for free. If the guy is not going to review the entire product, then they don't deserve to get free samples.

    • @watchm4ker
      @watchm4ker Před rokem +45

      @@LainK1978 The exact opposite is what happened. Nvidia wants reviewers to push raytracing over any other features. And if you're going to bat for Nvidia after the shit that's come out about them, I *hope* you're getting paid for it.

    • @leowolastname2250
      @leowolastname2250 Před rokem +14

      @@LainK1978 found Nvidia's alt account

    • @leowolastname2250
      @leowolastname2250 Před rokem +15

      @@LainK1978 but actually, you're literally just repeating the fucking email, did you not watch the video where Linus debunked everything you're parroting?

    • @mqccheeze
      @mqccheeze Před 11 dny

      @@LainK1978 🤓"See thats where youre wrong"

  • @JD-ub5ic
    @JD-ub5ic Před 2 lety +318

    I have an outrageous amount of respect for linus media group as an organization. Its insane the amount of ethics you guys show. I wish other industry’s, like news in general, would take some cues. Amazing video and amazing display of genuine ethical approach to media and journalism.

  • @Slamboni4k
    @Slamboni4k Před 3 lety +340

    “Do not bite the hand that feeds.”
    Nvidia is now targeting the people giving them free publicity, and showing people why they should or should not purchase products...
    It’s even worse that they’re ignoring, and to a point silence those that point out the flaws.

  • @Necropheliac
    @Necropheliac Před 3 lety +1101

    Extremely Upset? That Canadian rage tho...

    • @nail7904
      @nail7904 Před 3 lety +29

      Very vile language

    • @Qardo
      @Qardo Před 3 lety +133

      Nvidia did the impossible. Pissed of a Canadian so much. They didn't even apologize. You know it is bad.

    • @Wahinies
      @Wahinies Před 3 lety

      Vaklmept?

    • @isaactrefz9744
      @isaactrefz9744 Před 3 lety +4

      Normally Canadians are so polite...

    • @murmamirrmohaimen2271
      @murmamirrmohaimen2271 Před 3 lety

      Imagine if linus was american tho.

  • @JavierGarcia-se3vi
    @JavierGarcia-se3vi Před 3 lety +648

    Two Linuses can't be wrong (Linus Sebastian & Linus Torvalds).

  • @thatradiogeek
    @thatradiogeek Před 11 měsíci +9

    "If you're a fanboy, you're a f***in' idiot."
    Truer words have never been spoken.

    • @starlight4649
      @starlight4649 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I don't think I'm a fanboy, it's just really easy to like the underdogs when the main choice acts like this.

  • @realmike
    @realmike Před 2 lety +146

    Thank you Linus for fighting BS. And by the way, as a VR gamer, I'm very interested in rasterization to push as much FPS as possible to my headset and RTX decreases that number, so Hardware Unboxed's take on this is relevant to me.

  • @Netsuko
    @Netsuko Před 3 lety +704

    I like how this "Clip" is actually just 40 minutes straight of Linus ripping into nVidia for their manipulative BS.

    • @kinggalactix
      @kinggalactix Před 2 lety +25

      And I wouldn't have it any other way.

    • @Penqvino
      @Penqvino Před rokem +3

      And insulting AMD-gfx-users along the way

    • @cosmic3077
      @cosmic3077 Před rokem +5

      "Rip and tear, until it is done"

    • @NoobAdventuresGaming
      @NoobAdventuresGaming Před rokem +4

      Linus ripping into anyone is fun to watch, but 40 mins of him ripping into a major company like Nvidia is amazing

  • @federicobossio2480
    @federicobossio2480 Před 3 lety +376

    For whoever saw the entire stream, this is like the trailer of a film. He screamed for almost 40 minutes and it was freaking scary.

    • @slBrelaz
      @slBrelaz Před 2 lety +22

      But this clip is 39 minutes long?

    • @xXx_Regulus_xXx
      @xXx_Regulus_xXx Před 2 lety +23

      my favorite part was when he got so mad he took an axe to his desk and Luke sat there just wincing.

    • @AstoundingAmelia
      @AstoundingAmelia Před 2 lety +1

      @@xcherry0 can you link to stream if you can

    • @unknownvanguard8749
      @unknownvanguard8749 Před 2 lety +2

      @@AstoundingAmelia Check Description. Full Wan Show link is there.

  • @chickenmonger123
    @chickenmonger123 Před 2 lety +24

    Man. I saw this when it came out. This has to be one of the greatest taking to task tech podcasts I’ve ever witnessed. No quarter. And Luke nodding along, and occasionally having to hide his face when Linus addresses certain segments to specific qualities of individuals, it just makes it even better.

  • @CasperTheGhost64
    @CasperTheGhost64 Před rokem +5

    BROO THAT FLEX LMAOO. "Since starting this stream, I've made enough to buy 6 3090's. I don't need your f*cking graphics card." Bahaha

  • @ChethanTS
    @ChethanTS Před 3 lety +1638

    Feels like a Louis Rossmann stream 😅

  • @JAK_EDITS.
    @JAK_EDITS. Před 3 lety +270

    “Strong armed, mafia bullshit” is pretty accurate to this while fiasco. lol

  • @ghostnotes5667
    @ghostnotes5667 Před 3 lety +30

    This is legitimately the first angry Canadian I’ve ever seen. Thanks for keeping it real Linus!

  • @masondunbar8339
    @masondunbar8339 Před rokem +21

    8:00 - 13:00 Me just watching Luke trying not to smile while Linus pops off 🤣

  • @Momi_V
    @Momi_V Před 3 lety +328

    And that's why I trust LTT... Because you can tell for Linus it's a personal attack against his most inner moral and believes to have a company affect actual media coverage (outside of disclosed sponsorships)

  • @Dannohh
    @Dannohh Před 3 lety +725

    Linus: "WAY TO **bleeping** GO!!!"
    His Kids who can hear through the walls: "Mom, what does F$&King mean??"

    • @mikew7168
      @mikew7168 Před 3 lety +196

      Nah, he beeps in real life too, its how Canadians work.

    • @nocturnalmayhem0
      @nocturnalmayhem0 Před 3 lety +24

      @@mikew7168 lmao

    • @ArtisChronicles
      @ArtisChronicles Před 3 lety +37

      @@mikew7168 now that's some mighty convenient breeding

    • @SongShiyu
      @SongShiyu Před 2 lety +29

      Mom explains: Fxxking means nvidia is having a publicity disaster.

    • @jacobrzeszewski6527
      @jacobrzeszewski6527 Před 2 lety +6

      @@SongShiyu Mom explains: you’ll learn about it when you get your drivers license.

  • @KAOPro
    @KAOPro Před 3 lety +30

    Damn Linus is human??!! But wait, not only human, but a human that is extremely passionate about reviewers, manufacturers, and the way bullies treat other people. Way to go Linus! I have even more respect for you! ✊

  • @treesapien5762
    @treesapien5762 Před 2 lety +9

    Every game being rasterized would warrant a focus on rasterization, if that part is ever cut back we could see stagnation or degradation in quality for our older games. It's important to know before you go into bonuses like RTX and DLSS.

  • @caiocc12
    @caiocc12 Před 3 lety +873

    The only ones who care about raytracing now are those trying to praise nvidia. Raytracing may be the future, but now we're still in the present.

    • @30jugalvbiju74
      @30jugalvbiju74 Před 3 lety +16

      Maybe ur just poor 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

    • @chrisfratz
      @chrisfratz Před 3 lety +150

      Ray tracing is cool to see. But it's more of a gimmick than a standard feature that is on every GPU made.

    • @OscarEduardoRosales
      @OscarEduardoRosales Před 3 lety +66

      @@30jugalvbiju74 $50 poor? what are you smoking?

    • @Qardo
      @Qardo Před 3 lety +129

      @@30jugalvbiju74 RT is cool but when I can gain 60% more performance by turning it off. Yeah. I am turning that off. RT is a gimmick right now.

    • @30jugalvbiju74
      @30jugalvbiju74 Před 3 lety +1

      @@OscarEduardoRosales weed ofcourse

  • @jezraelflancia2460
    @jezraelflancia2460 Před 3 lety +179

    Man linus is hella good at talking. There were never any stutters and his points were explained so clearly. This situation aint right.

  • @HikingFeral
    @HikingFeral Před 9 měsíci +6

    2 years later and RTX is still a novelty that looks great but comes with a horrific performance cost. Many many many games still don't have it. Don't get me wrong I love RTX and use Nvidia but it needs optimization. Steve was 100 percent spot on.

  • @DarkKitarist
    @DarkKitarist Před rokem +11

    Watching this a year later makes me see the big picture nVidia was seeing... They knew exactly what they were doing, because I'm sure they already knew the 4080 and 4090 would cost so much more than the 30xx...

    • @DerDrecksack87
      @DerDrecksack87 Před rokem

      The 4xxx series is still worth it, maybe not in msrp but in street price for sure, it doesn't matter if a 3070 is sold for 550€ right now after 2 years of being at 800€ and the 4070 comes in at 600-700 & probably sold for 750€, most people will be upgrading from a 2xxx series or older, for them it makes no sense in to buying in to the 3xxx series at this point nor waiting another 2 years for the 5xxx, so yeah they will sell for sure.

    • @zirconiumdiamond1416
      @zirconiumdiamond1416 Před 11 měsíci

      Looking back on it, the oddest in retrospect line in the email was about how gamers keep their GPUs for years. That clashes pretty harshly with the 40 series' VRAM specs.

  • @manu_solano
    @manu_solano Před 3 lety +210

    This was the first WAN show I watched live from start to finish, and man was it entertaining to listen to Linus roast Nvidia for half an hour straight

  • @TechZACH16
    @TechZACH16 Před 3 lety +187

    This type of unadulterated takedown doesn't happen to companies often enough and I'm here for it.

  • @Speedojesus
    @Speedojesus Před 2 lety +8

    So basically Nvidia said "suck us off because of a feature most of the people own that the cards don't even use because it makes most games barely playable at the settings you can notice it at."

  • @djthicc1507
    @djthicc1507 Před 2 lety +4

    15:49 confirmed linus takes baths

  • @baxter1910
    @baxter1910 Před 3 lety +182

    you honestly learn most when linus is rage-talking

    • @justinedzard
      @justinedzard Před 3 lety +12

      IKR? Whenever he's upset about something, I've always learned at least a thing or two.

  • @naidanac1
    @naidanac1 Před 3 lety +72

    "If I was gonna be evil... I'd be smarter about it" - best summary of this situation, imho

  • @ironfistorganics8854
    @ironfistorganics8854 Před 2 lety +2

    I LOVE THE PASSION, Linus! Gotta be able to be honest about what tech will or will not do for the end user.

  • @MoroseGrouch
    @MoroseGrouch Před 2 lety +4

    Prolly the best WAN show clip I ALWAYS watch these from Beginning to end the genuine feel through out each clip I see is real
    06:40

  • @VifferDude
    @VifferDude Před 3 lety +124

    I think Hardware Unboxed was low hanging fruit. NVIDIA tired it on with a smaller YouToober and if they had got away with it; moved up the food chain. Kudos for the reviewers working together against the bully and ensuring "we" the gamers continue to receive unbiased reviews.

    • @youtubevideoswatching3866
      @youtubevideoswatching3866 Před rokem +4

      Frankly, I didn’t know much of gpu, I thought maybe I’ll buy a nivida one, but $&$# then now.

  • @Airwolf-lm9cm
    @Airwolf-lm9cm Před 3 lety +202

    Every time something like this come up I just wanna ask : How?
    How in the year 2020 do we have PR managers that don‘t understand how the Internet works? What were they expecting?

    • @2nd_Directorate
      @2nd_Directorate Před 3 lety +38

      They expected it to go public. Let´s be real, they wanted it to go public. At least among the tech youtubers. But probably customers too. You see it clearly in the maketing description of the product which you just DO NOT put in if you write to someone who is knowledgeable about those things, and not with this message.
      Worse is that they probably thought they had us (the public/customers) more under control. That´s the audacity.

    • @aldeo3495
      @aldeo3495 Před 3 lety +8

      It's pure insanity! The main PR guy bungles the one job he had.
      I think Covid is making some people lose their minds a bit.

    • @shadow7037932
      @shadow7037932 Před 2 lety +6

      This was nVidia seeing how far they can push things. Just look at the shit Samsung India are pulling. Nvidia wants to do that too.

  • @SarcASSticMOFO
    @SarcASSticMOFO Před 3 lety +3

    Last line about editorial was basically them saying to say the right things or you will never get the new cards from us on release day again. Essentially attempting to control the media.

  • @linokuma6559
    @linokuma6559 Před 2 lety +3

    This is why i trust tech journalist that buy their own new gadget.
    When i see sponsored videos, i always skeptical about it. Gladly, some madlads such as You, MKBHD, Austin Evan, Arun "Mr.WhosTheBoss" and Michael Fischer keep it as transparent as possible.
    I mean, THE BIG GUNS themselves said those transparent opinions is good.
    Thanks for keep reminding us to "Ask More, Consoom Less"

  • @zuckdaddy1596
    @zuckdaddy1596 Před 3 lety +170

    0:29
    I thought he was going to curse, what a Canadian moment

    • @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep
      @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep Před 3 lety +15

      Funny because Linus swears like a sailor for the rest of the clip (and on LTT in general), while HUB Steve, against Australian stereotypes, doesn't swear on the channel

    • @zuckdaddy1596
      @zuckdaddy1596 Před 3 lety +3

      @@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep I know, I just thought it was funny how passive he was (or at least claims to have been) on the phone compared to the rest of the video

    • @CollyDoo
      @CollyDoo Před 3 lety

      Hoser!

  • @benmark2353
    @benmark2353 Před 3 lety +191

    Angry Linus is very different, but definitely gets the point across. This inside-the-industry insight is really important, because otherwise some of the veiled nuance would have gone over my head

  • @jewels3846
    @jewels3846 Před rokem +1

    Can I just say as an on and off viewer for like 10 years (LTT in general) that your consistency for consumer and creator advocacy is empowering as a consumer to watch.
    Plus, it will help me remember that when I am shopping computer stuff to check your merch and affiliates first.
    I feel i can actually trust that you arent trying to harm your community even if it later comes out the company you affiliated with screwed up.
    Thank you for using your platform to speak out for all of us who are never listened to by the big companies.
    I am happy i can support a creator who just wants things to be done right and fairly.

  • @bartolomeothesatyr
    @bartolomeothesatyr Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks for this, LMG. Honesty like this is why I've been watching your vids since Linus was still an employee of NCIX.

  • @boombravo
    @boombravo Před 3 lety +384

    First time I'm ever posting on a Linus video but I think it's refreshing to see that people are taking a stand for the right thing..everyone is trying to pull the wool over consumers eyes and it's about time people start saying what is right

    • @deathrager2404
      @deathrager2404 Před 3 lety

      lmao everyone willl still buy nvidia like braindeads.

    • @TrueREAL
      @TrueREAL Před 3 lety

      @@deathrager2404 Im buying rx 580 lol

    • @deathrager2404
      @deathrager2404 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TrueREAL i bought a used 1080ti a month ago. all i need is a new cpu and mobo and ram. then i can really use that 1080ti to where it shines. but a new gpu? meh. i will always buy 2nd hand because those are much cheaper and they sitll work very good. bought my 1080ti for 350 euros. lol its the gigabyte aorus version. solid shit bro.
      these rtx cards are a joke. ray tracing is a joke, the supply ofthe cards is a joke, and now these pricings? everything on nvidia with rtx smells like a joke. a bad one at that.

    • @TrueREAL
      @TrueREAL Před 3 lety +1

      @@deathrager2404 I will never buy an rtx.I am buying an rx 480 beacuse its an great card for budget pc.I would buy it used but I cant find one that deliver where I live.Also 1080 ti is an beast

    • @TrueREAL
      @TrueREAL Před 3 lety

      Rx 580*

  • @97TP
    @97TP Před 3 lety +94

    Almost 40 minutes of dragging Nvidia*? I love it.
    * Edit: in the moment. I don't watch WAN show or HardwareUnboxed regularly so I was unaware Nvidia backed down.

  • @TheWoblinGoblin
    @TheWoblinGoblin Před 2 lety +2

    I wonder how often this kind of pressure works and when we don't hear about it. Would they actually try from director levels of it doesn't work more often than not?

  • @hotfishdev
    @hotfishdev Před rokem +9

    This is so much fun to watch, on its own. I feel a such a sense of release listening to Linus go off on Nvidia

  • @daltonprescott5430
    @daltonprescott5430 Před 3 lety +144

    it pisses me off that his review was relatively positive... strong-arming for positive reviews is bad, strong-arming for talking points is even worse.

    • @dashkataey1740
      @dashkataey1740 Před 3 lety +24

      What's worse is that Hardware Unboxed did a dedicated video about raytracing performance and DLSS just a few days after the review. Hell, even in the review, Steve mentioned that the video was coming.

    • @edwindungdung1998
      @edwindungdung1998 Před 3 lety +24

      @@dashkataey1740 hell, Nvidia even use Hardware Unboxed's good words in their own promo on the RTX site.

  • @mmonkeyman1403
    @mmonkeyman1403 Před 3 lety +259

    Wait till Nvidia finds out I DGAF about RTX on the whole. I've lived my life without it for a while, and I can live without it for a while longer. It's not a necessity for me and I assume it isn't one for nearly every person out there.

    • @Kieranh4424
      @Kieranh4424 Před 3 lety +44

      Honestly I find it cool. But not nearly enough to justify the performance hit and price

    • @jlewellen4659
      @jlewellen4659 Před 3 lety +16

      They aren't going to send any review cards to you either.

    • @SMthegamer1
      @SMthegamer1 Před 3 lety +5

      I'd probably care more if all of the features were implemented, but games only use one at a time and the frames die.
      It's not worth marketing yet.

    • @adriannasyraf3534
      @adriannasyraf3534 Před 3 lety +3

      it will die out like physx

    • @CanIHasThisName
      @CanIHasThisName Před 3 lety +7

      @@adriannasyraf3534 That's a really ignorant statement.

  • @petert2922
    @petert2922 Před 2 lety +2

    Great job and very good points. Mad respect for not only keeping it real for all those years but becoming simply better and staying in the brightest fucking spotlight ever.

  • @Corninthesky
    @Corninthesky Před 3 lety

    Damn. I wish I had seen/heard about this before I picked up my 3060ti... live and learn I guess. Great video and conversation.

  • @igorfv
    @igorfv Před 3 lety +98

    And after this day nvidia started calling instead of sending emails

  • @Ali_mm523
    @Ali_mm523 Před 3 lety +402

    Linus Torvalds knew something

    • @sannidhyabalkote9536
      @sannidhyabalkote9536 Před 3 lety +37

      He definitely knew

    • @SaHaRaSquad
      @SaHaRaSquad Před 3 lety +102

      Two Linuses can't be wrong.

    • @jiristefka3177
      @jiristefka3177 Před 3 lety +10

      I haven't seen it comming this far. I never realised that the true would take this shape...

    • @KayvonJavid
      @KayvonJavid Před 3 lety +14

      I mean he gave nVidia the bird on stage

    • @bnsonline5099
      @bnsonline5099 Před 3 lety

      I know too, believe it or not, what's happened are predictable and have more bullshit from nvidia to come

  • @stomp4423
    @stomp4423 Před 2 lety +7

    Everytime I watch this, it gets better and better. Linus crushed this. After 15 years supporting team green, and not a fan boy at any point, I just purchased my first shiny red object! How fitting.

  • @Tigerhawk30
    @Tigerhawk30 Před 2 lety +1

    The funny thing about all this? The YT algorithm stuck HB's video from a year ago, "NVIDIA Bans Hardware Unboxed, Then Backpedals: Our Thoughts".
    This is a strongarm business pattern and it's troubling, to put it kindly.
    Personally, I haven't bought an NVIDIA card since the early 2000s because of price. Current all-around gouging notwithstanding, this communication only reinforces my "No Thanks" position of them. Whenever this price inflation actually goes away, I was considering trying out an NVIDIA card. No longer.

  • @yukimurabrify
    @yukimurabrify Před 3 lety +312

    If Linus was a chef, that would be his masterpiece: an exquisite piece of meat, first seared on high heat to get that Mailard reaction going, then slow roasted over the course of 16 hours, so the meat falls off the bone.

  • @cuatro336
    @cuatro336 Před 3 lety +133

    I like how Linus also says, I know Brian, and he wouldn't say this, and he deserves a chance to respond.
    Real integrity. Also subbed Hardware Unboxed out of spite.

    • @TrueThanny
      @TrueThanny Před 2 lety +2

      Except, of course, he _did_ say that. He sent out a not-pology, then later sent out an actual apology.
      Clearly Linus doesn't know the guy as well as he thinks. Probably because Linus has had a strong pro-nVidia bias for years.

    • @Ivwin
      @Ivwin Před 2 lety +7

      @@TrueThanny Do you know ANY of the people involved in this?

    • @bananya6020
      @bananya6020 Před 2 lety +6

      In case you wanna know, HW Unboxed is actually pretty good for monitor and motherboard reviews IMO. There's a lot of channels out there and each is good for different things. Of course, to be successful on youtube these days each youtuber needs a niche, but here goes (this is just for fun lol)
      Linus - Not explicitly PC related, i.e., general tech and also entertainment as well as high level advice.
      Steve from HWU: Motherboards
      Tim from HWU: Monitors
      RJN: Mice
      Optimum Tech: Mini ITX & Mice
      Gamers Nexus: Massive charts of data, coolers, GFX cards, power supplies, and cases.
      JayzTwoCents: Water cooling

    • @Foojaleeckalikeelamaka
      @Foojaleeckalikeelamaka Před 2 lety +2

      @@TrueThanny Linus has probably interacted with the person on more than one occasion, giving him a base understanding of how they believe that person would act and then asked for evidence when told that person has acted very differently to that.
      Seems pretty sensible to me.

  • @machich.1368
    @machich.1368 Před 3 lety +8

    31:21 is my favorite part

  • @3rdHalf1
    @3rdHalf1 Před 2 lety +3

    Love how Nvidia is still pretending that RTX isn’t a fad like 3D monitors and Ageia Physics.
    Nvidia: If you ain’t voting green - you ain’t black, I meant gamer.

    • @boiledelephant
      @boiledelephant Před 2 lety

      Ageia physics, holy shit, the timewarp. I had forgotten

  • @austinfarley4971
    @austinfarley4971 Před 3 lety +47

    Linus... is... PISSED. While I'll shittalk him sometimes for the usual stuff, I have mad respect for him standing his ground.

  • @livelyosprey
    @livelyosprey Před 3 lety +76

    28:40 Linus spitting fax so hard he killed Luke

  • @Yuenix
    @Yuenix Před rokem +1

    I like how Linus speak from the fruits of his Labor in actually trying to help the people to understand and see when nividia has no Sheparding at all. This is why I like LINUS, because He truly is a Technical person at heart, this is why people needs to listen to every word to understand the picture.

  • @BlockCylinder
    @BlockCylinder Před rokem +2

    I can't talk about this video without tearing up.
    Gratitude, Linus.

  • @tommygun5035
    @tommygun5035 Před 3 lety +61

    This and the 4k cameras for his kid really woke me up to the heart of this man

  • @jedite8395
    @jedite8395 Před 3 lety +31

    Mad props to you Linus. This is not only you standing up for other tech channels, but your also showing where, as a journalist, you draw an ethical line.

  • @HayleeRetty
    @HayleeRetty Před rokem +8

    I know he’s very upset and angry over this but I can’t stop seeing his door handle as a headset mic

  • @egalegal254
    @egalegal254 Před 3 lety +1

    Thx for you integrity Linus. So mutch passion for calling out injustice in your industrie is inspiaring

  • @Eiensakura
    @Eiensakura Před 3 lety +182

    Linus' be spitting nuclear fire there.

    • @danieldavis3035
      @danieldavis3035 Před 3 lety

      I've never seen him this mad before.

    • @jimsmith7326
      @jimsmith7326 Před 3 lety +1

      @@danieldavis3035 I don't think that was Bryan Del Rizzo that sent that email. I bet it was a publicist using his name or one of his assistants. We do that here all the time. No excuse because he should have monitored what was going out, but maybe he didn't have time.

  • @raawesome3851
    @raawesome3851 Před 3 lety +109

    Love Linus. He went the Torvalds route against Nvidia.

    • @havfunonline
      @havfunonline Před 3 lety +6

      Earned his first name

    • @MJ-uk6lu
      @MJ-uk6lu Před 3 lety +3

      He even repeated "fuck you" line

    • @ahreuwu
      @ahreuwu Před 2 lety +1

      that was exactly what I was thinking, how badly do you have to fuck up your brand to have two different leaders of the tech community with the same name to agree on this kind of thing lmao

  • @carlprobert8529
    @carlprobert8529 Před 3 lety +4

    If nothing else, Hardware unboxed have gained a new follower. Well said Linus, we need more huge influencers like you, ready to stand shoulder to shoulder with even your competition to break the proverbial nose of the bullies!!!

  • @narutokonoha93
    @narutokonoha93 Před rokem +2

    I like Linus but it's moments like these I really love him. He mentioned this whole debacle during his WAN show from 17.09 talking about EVGA not continuing working with Nvidia.

  • @shodan6401
    @shodan6401 Před 3 lety +97

    The only thing I'm surprised by is that you're surprised. After years of corporate abuses, blacklisting and outright lies, it is actually depressing how unsurprising and utterly predictable this behaviour is, whether it's EA, Ubisoft, Activision or nVidia. What's absolutely AMAZING is how nVidia is doing AMDs PR work for them. That is mind boggling.

    • @sternosaur
      @sternosaur Před 11 měsíci

      He said he wasn't surprised though, what.

  • @Parth_Soni
    @Parth_Soni Před 3 lety +77

    Linus being humble(mostly) and honest is I like about him when it comes to any controversial topic.

  • @Merlin012001
    @Merlin012001 Před 2 lety +1

    This just made me rethink my purchase of my next video cards. I might also need to go back to the drawing board on my laptop to replace my 8-10 year old hp with a legion with a 3060.

  • @rickklein5136
    @rickklein5136 Před 3 lety +3

    Jesus.... the speaker on my phone was smoking after this. Sooo much respect to Linus for the way he presented this.

  • @jacobward7361
    @jacobward7361 Před 3 lety +292

    When does a clip just become a podcast in itself?

    • @amandasantini6265
      @amandasantini6265 Před 3 lety +64

      When a stupid company makes something REALLY dumb and horrendous?

    • @livelyosprey
      @livelyosprey Před 3 lety +25

      When Linus starts clapping cheeks

    • @philcooper9225
      @philcooper9225 Před 3 lety +6

      When it's released to ipods?

    • @TheAlienGangster
      @TheAlienGangster Před 3 lety +3

      I like it because it still means I don’t have to watch the other 40 minutes of the WAN Show video

    • @robn2171
      @robn2171 Před 3 lety +1

      Why are we here? Just to suffer?

  • @VarunMurkar
    @VarunMurkar Před 3 lety +40

    Holy shit I've never seen Linus so pissed off, even with that infamous PC building video

  • @prismlightning
    @prismlightning Před 3 lety +3

    You know what, unboxed review of the Nividias graphics card didn’t change my opinion on it but the email Nividia sent him sure had an effect on my opinion against nividia lol! It’s interesting how nividia is trying to do damage control but as a result is causing more damage than necessary.

  • @MMASTROCINQUE
    @MMASTROCINQUE Před 3 lety +1

    I love how Luke just smiles while Linus popped off.

  • @luminous2585
    @luminous2585 Před 3 lety +81

    Linus: I'm really fired up here Luke.
    Me thinking Linus is about to *drop* a killer dis track.

    • @wisdoom9153
      @wisdoom9153 Před 3 lety +2

      With that beanie? Definitely.

    • @TwilightWolf032
      @TwilightWolf032 Před 3 lety +1

      Luminous... you *dropped* the ball with that comment!

    • @asandax6
      @asandax6 Před 3 lety

      dropping is Linus's specialty

  • @ritbolitstudios582
    @ritbolitstudios582 Před 3 lety +59

    I like LMG clips because I don't have the time to watch the full wan show and it makes it easier to cut it down by topic

  • @kerblingtime
    @kerblingtime Před 2 lety +12

    I just saw this and I own a RTX 3070 with the pure reasoning to being able to play games to raytrace AS AN OPTION, present and future. I completely agree with Hardware Unboxed in the point of not focusing on raytrace. I also really appreciate Linus stepping up and defending not just Steve but all gamers who wants to CHOOSE hardware with features that they find is worth it FOR THEM.

  • @Tackyauto
    @Tackyauto Před 10 měsíci +4

    I like to come back to this periodically for the rage and for Luke’s reactions 😂

  • @720vii
    @720vii Před 3 lety +86

    I’m going to try and get a Radeon now, not a 3080 or 3080ti.

    • @jetlee4life5164
      @jetlee4life5164 Před 3 lety +7

      Welcome to the AMD family.

    • @hilton.allaister
      @hilton.allaister Před 3 lety +4

      After this fiasco, 6800xt would be my next card. Has been with green since gtx980 and gtx1080.

    • @arantisdavis1623
      @arantisdavis1623 Před 3 lety +5

      Bought a 2070ti for cheap not too long ago and it makes me feel dirty giving them my money lmao

    • @thelittle_kitteh
      @thelittle_kitteh Před 3 lety +1

      Why now? Nvidia have been doing shit like this for the pase decade

    • @RicardoMontania
      @RicardoMontania Před 3 lety

      Nvidia for life. 💚

  • @darcybowyer5743
    @darcybowyer5743 Před 3 lety +34

    Linus installed “AMD RAGE” mode. In saying that though, it sounds like a pissed off minion used Bryan’s account to piss off HUB.

  • @KindOldRaven
    @KindOldRaven Před 2 lety +4

    I watch Linus, HU, GN etc as they're my favorite tech channels and I'm glad this got resolved. But man it wasn't a smart move to shut HU out based on the 'arguments' they gave... Bad move Nvidia. I love your gear, but bad move.

  • @ragnar3187
    @ragnar3187 Před 2 lety +2

    whenever i feel bad i come back and watch this video, thank you Linus

  • @StephenGresser
    @StephenGresser Před 3 lety +25

    That's the most upset I've ever seen a Canadian before. The hardware review community sticking together is so much more powerful now that things like social media exist. Thank you, Linus.

  • @sensaia6222
    @sensaia6222 Před 3 lety +19

    One reason I love the tech industry is not only the passion for products - but additionally it’s seeing folks like Linus defending “his competitors” that’s very noble of him and I feel his frustration.
    IMO: this needs to be addressed through the CZcams community, I am very disappointed to see this. Thank you Linus.

    • @Spartan-sz7km
      @Spartan-sz7km Před 2 lety

      One thing I love about tech industry is that they see competitors as allies. I've bought my pc and it's heartwarming seeing smaller pc shops helping each other out to get me my pc in perfect condition.

  • @user-sw1wq8lh2w
    @user-sw1wq8lh2w Před 2 lety +7

    Linus, the more you talk about the advocacy for consumers and you defend them from corporations, the more I want to leave my job and take a pay cut and come with with you.

  • @ThreaT650
    @ThreaT650 Před rokem +3

    Watching this again two years later is wild. In the US or in Canada, if you are solely using a product to market it, you have to disclose the fact that it is a sponsored advertisement. This is not what hardware reviewers do. They are meant to review the product. It is Nvidia's job to market the product. What they are effectively doing is side stepping the law and forcing hardware reviewers to market their products without being considered advertisting.

    • @Alex-ck4in
      @Alex-ck4in Před rokem

      Not to mention we now have the hindsight to see how poorly raytracing has advanced, how flat its fallen despite the untold millions of $$$ they pumped into game companies to use it.
      To this day, look how scaled-back all successful RTX implementations are - they can only use it for certain types of lighting, in combination with traditional shading, in tiny portions of scenes. It's all a huge lie to try to get the masses to see Nvidia as Gods, but it's just making them look more and more disconnected and psycho
      Nvidia are desperate to uphold the veil that they are outright dominant, but we only have to look at the increasing delays between card releases, the stagnant performances per dollar across new generations to see they're beginning to get stuck. Their revenue is drying up bit-by-bit, accelerated by the current economic crisis, and its only a matter of time before they get overtaken.