{"id":7553,"date":"2015-02-05T12:39:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T17:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=7553"},"modified":"2015-02-05T12:39:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T17:39:14","slug":"this-week-in-computer-hardware-300-wait-the-gtx-970-is-3-5gb-not-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2015\/02\/05\/this-week-in-computer-hardware-300-wait-the-gtx-970-is-3-5gb-not-4\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Computer Hardware 300: Wait.. The GTX 970 is 3.5GB not 4?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AzxbeHx5gMI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: Patrick Norton and Ryan Shrout<\/p>\n<p>NVIDIA responds to the GTX 970 memory issue, PCPer VLAN #9 on February 28th 2015, Samsung 850 EVO performance restoring firmware (partially effective), new APUs from AMD, Direct X 12 preview in Windows 10, Misfit Fitness Band becomes smart home remote, and more all on This Week in Computer Hardware!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts: Patrick 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