DLSS 5, Win11 C: drive issue, ASRock DDR4/5 motherboard + more!

Duration: 08:22

Timestamps:

0:00 just give James a second

0:13 Nvidia DLSS 5 looks a bit... sloppy

1:50 Win11 C: drive bug on Samsung PCs

3:13 ASRock motherboard with DDR4 + DDR5 slots

4:36 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:48 Apple Airpods Max 2

5:25 Xbox One 'Bliss' Hack

6:09 Instagram loses E2E encryption

6:52 Pokemon Go helping delivery bots

7:31 Antec Flux Pro Noctua Edition tease

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

[Riley]

THE GREAT FILTER

DLSS 5: makes games like AI-generated content that had ‘photorealistic’ in the prompt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJACkKbN-Eo

“It’s not a filter” !! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJACkKbN-Eo&lc=UgwK64iJwyRrPqlvuYd4AaABAg

EDITOR: screenshot the pinned comment - highlight the last sentence

“Infuses pixels with photoreal lighting and material” https://lmg.gg/tocrb

“The company’s most significant breakthrough in computer graphics since the debut of real-time ray tracing in 2018” https://lmg.gg/c1d1q

All you’ll need is… an additional RTX 5090 https://lmg.gg/SpGbM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw_o0xr8MWU

EDITOR: don’t bother with the above link - I recorded the whole presentation - Graphics/1/NvidiaGTCKeynote2026.mp4

3:06 for Jensen walking on

[Abdul]

ANYONE C A PROBLEM HERE?

Microsoft: Windows 11 users can't access C: drive on some Samsung PCs - https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-11-c-is-not-accessible-access-denied-bug/

Microsoft confirmed that this was happening on their march 2026 issues section

Quote Text “Microsoft has received reports of an issue i….

And here’s a link to a post with a screenshot of what the access denied thing looks like: https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/computers-it/galaxy-book-4-fingerprint-issue-c-drive-access-denied-any/td-p/14327148

Reddit threads where people are talking about solutions: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1rrrw2l/samsung_galaxy_book_laptops_screwd_over_a_windows/

Note for editor: please screenshot comments from Nachito206x, Fun-Day4365, National_Baker_9506 where they all use fix of admin account security privilege grant - they’re close to the top of the convo

This c drive issue seems to be more of a samsung issue then a microslop issue, so we cant blame em on

Microsoft identifies the issue as related samsung galaxy app: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/16/samsung_c_drive_windows/

Causing them to pull the samsung app from the store

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-pulls-samsung-app-blocking-windows-c-drive-from-store/

Quote: Evidently the issue was with Samsung galaxy Connect

But it’s not ALL L’s for windows this week https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/gaming-monitors/windows-11-is-getting-support-for-1-000-hz-monitors-soon-as-part-of-insider-builds-microsoft-has-reportedly-increased-the-refresh-rate-limit-to-5-000-hz

DDR-4-EVERYONE

[Grayson]

ASRock launches new Frankensteined motherboard with one DDR4 slot and two DDR5 slots — Intel board signals the RAM apocalypse is truly nigh

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/asrock-launches-new-frankensteined-motherboard-with-one-ddr4-slot-and-two-ddr5-slots-intel-board-signals-the-ram-apocalypse-is-truly-nigh

https://videocardz.com/newz/asrocks-new-h610m-combo-ii-motherboard-supports-both-ddr5-and-ddr4-memory

https://asrock.com/MB/Intel/H610M%20COMBO%20II/

Image of the motherboard showing the 3 slots: (Editor please put a red arrow pointing to the RAM slot closest to the CPU socket) https://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ASRock-H610M-COMBO-II.jpg

They released one a while ago that has this feature, but it supports dual channel DDR4:

https://asrock.com/MB/Intel/H610M%20COMBO/index.vn.asp#Overview

Memory Makers Expect Shortages to End in Late 2028, Could Pause Expansion Plans

https://www.techpowerup.com/347396/memory-makers-expect-shortages-to-end-in-late-2028-could-pause-expansion-plans

https://www.guru3d.com/story/memory-makers-see-supply-tightness-lasting-until-late-2028/

Original source: https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2026/03/13/HVY7KVVDTBE2FHYWXFIOBHR5KU/

QUICKBITS

[Abdul]

PUTTING ON AIRS-PODS

Apple’s $549 AirPods Max 2 add better ANC and live translation -

https://gizmodo.com/after-five-years-apple-announces-airpods-max-2-out-of-the-blue-2000733941

Apple Site: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-airpods-max-2-powered-by-h2/

Editor: please go to this location in the apple page and screenshot the list of features

For just 50 bucks more you can get the macbook neo:https://www.apple.com/macbook-neo/

For 150 bucks more you can get some wheels for the mac pro. https://www.apple.com/shop/product/mx572zm/a/apple-mac-pro-wheels-kit

And for just $0 more than that you can get:

A Flamethrower: https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/for/d/marysville-flame-thrower/7913357025.html

HE FOUND THE WEAPON

[Grayson]

Microsoft’s ‘unhackable’ Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss' — the 2013 console finally fell to voltage glitching, allowing the loading of unsigned code at every level

https://www.techspot.com/news/111692-hacker-unveils-exploit-cracks-unbreakable-xbox-one-silicon.html

https://kotaku.com/xbox-one-hack-jailbreak-2000679120

https://www.trueachievements.com/news/xbox-one-hacked

Video from the conference (46:04 showing the hack):https://youtu.be/FTFn4UZsA5U?t=2764

(46:53 has the breakdown): https://youtu.be/FTFn4UZsA5U?t=2813

[Abdul]

IF YOU DON’T USE IT YOU LOSE IT

Meta updates a support page to say that end-to-end encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longer be supported after May 8 - https://9to5google.com/2026/03/13/meta-is-killing-end-to-end-encryption-for-instagram-dms-soon/

Instagram’s help page: https://help.instagram.com/491565145294150

https://cybersecuritynews.com/instagram-end-to-end-encryption/

Quote about the reason why they’re pulling it’

POKÉ-COCO TO GO

[Grayson]

Niantic Spatial has announced a partnership with Coco Robotics, giving them access to their VPS system that’s trained off Pokémon Go’s 30 billion captured images, the plan is to use it for Autonomous Delivery bots

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/10/1134099/how-pokemon-go-is-helping-robots-deliver-pizza-on-time/

https://www.polygon.com/pokemon-go-data-ai-robots-niantic/

https://gonintendo.com/contents/58894-niantic-using-pokemon-go-data-to-help-delivery-robots-navigate-the-real-world

Press Release:

https://www.nianticspatial.com/en/blog/coco-robotics

John Hanke, CEO of Niantic Spatial said to MIT Technology Review "It turns out that getting Pikachu to realistically run around and getting Coco's robot to safely and accurately move through the world is actually the same problem,"

https://lmg.gg/xmxWS

Maybe that strange Pokémon Domino’s Pizza advertisement from 2009 was just foreshadowing

https://youtu.be/z7YdF9b3x1M?t=2

NOCTUA’S GOT WOOD

[Grayson]

Noctua teases upcoming PC case with brown color scheme and bundled fans — appears to be Antec Flux Pro Noctua Edition with NF-A14x25 G2 fans (mmmmmmhhhhhh wood grain )

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/pc-cases/noctua-teases-upcoming-pc-case-that-appears-to-be-the-antec-flux-pro-noctua-edition-with-brown-color-scheme-and-bundled-nf-a14x25-g2-fans

https://www.guru3d.com/story/noctua-and-antec-teases-flux-pro-noctua-edition-case-with-six-fans/

Twitter Post: https://x.com/Noctua_at/status/2032464924052500973

Image from Noctua: https://www.guru3d.com/data/publish/227/b2dc098746885e5d024ef4bc4ec27b0838b3ef/7684yuj.webp

The Antec case Noctua showed off last year at Computex: https://www.guru3d.com/data/publish/227/b2dc098746885e5d024ef4bc4ec27b0838b3ef/678rhjgf.webp