Dave James
Dave has been gaming since the days of Zaxxon and Lady Bug on the Colecovision, and code books for the Commodore Vic 20 (Death Race 2000!). He built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 16, and finally finished bug-fixing the Cyrix-based system around a year later. When he dropped it out of the window. He first started writing for Official PlayStation Magazine and Xbox World many decades ago, then moved onto PC Format full-time, then PC Gamer, TechRadar, and T3 among others. Now he's back, writing about the nightmarish graphics card market, CPUs with more cores than sense, gaming laptops hotter than the sun, and SSDs more capacious than a Cybertruck.
Latest articles by Dave James
Best office chairs for gaming in 2025: The top seats for work and gaming that I've tried and tested
By Dave James last updated
Take a seat Take care of your spine with the best office chairs for gaming.
The best gaming headsets in Australia for 2025
By Dave James last updated
Quality cans Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming headsets.
The best gaming monitors in Australia for 2025
By Dave James last updated
Eye candy The best gaming monitors offer the perfect mix of resolution, refresh rate, and size to immerse you in your favorite gaming worlds.
Jen-Hsun reckons Nvidia has driven the 'cost of computing down by 1,000,000 times'
By Dave James published
Comparing the relentless performance increase of the GPU to the original economic ethos behind Moore's Law.
Will there ever become a point with AI where there are no traditionally rendered frames in games? Perhaps surprisingly, Jen-Hsun says 'no'
By Dave James published
news Then goes on to speak rather poetically about inspirational pixels.
Nvidia CES 2025 keynote live: new GPUs or there'll be a riot
By Dave James last updated
Live Watch with me as Jen-Hsun presumably announces the new RTX 50-series Blackwell cards, or pulls off the biggest GPU bait-and-switch in history.
Nvidia's new RTX 5070 will deliver 'RTX 4090 performance at $549' when it launches in February
By Dave James published
News The lowest spec new RTX Blackwell GPU is capable of frame rates akin to the $1,599 RTX 4090 of the previous generation, though likely only through new DLSS 4 AI smarts.
AMD's RDNA 4 GPUs are about efficiency in terms of performance and price: 'We know where gamers buy products, it's well below that $1,000 price point'
By Dave James published
The number one priority for this generation of Radeon GPU is "improving performance in the areas that gamers care about most."
AMD says 'the performance data out there for RDNA 4 is completely inaccurate'
By Dave James published
News But the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT not being in AMD's CES keynote is not about any kind of development slip.
The best gaming laptops in Australia for 2025
By Dave James last updated
Portable powerhouses Don't compromise on power or portability with the best gaming laptops.
Best gaming desk in 2025: my top picks for standing, sitting and everything in between
By Dave James last updated
Top Desks We've chosen the best gaming desks based on hours of playing on both sitting and standing desks just to see which is worth your money.
Best gaming keyboards in 2025: the fastest, smoothest and loveliest keyboards I've tested
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Keyed in The best gaming keyboards have it all: style, ergonomics, and of course, the most satisfying clickity clacks.
Best wireless gaming headsets in 2025: the top cans I'd buy myself
By Dave James last updated
Untethered The best wireless gaming headsets allow you to enjoy your games and music tangle-free.
Best gaming chair in 2025: the seats I'd suggest for any gamer
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Take a seat Treat your posterior to one of the best gaming chairs.
I've tested the best graphics cards and CPUs of the year, and yet it's this affordable, unassuming little gaming laptop that captured my heart in 2024
By Dave James published
Gear of the year The Asus TUF A14 is a surprising, delightful little laptop I did not expect to love so much.
OneXPlayer OneXFly F1 Pro handheld PC review
By Dave James published
Flying The first Strix Point handheld becomes the most powerful and maybe most desirable, too.
Best mechanical keyboards: the clacky boards I'd buy in a heartbeat
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Click Clack Make the switch with our guide to the best mechanical gaming keyboards.
Best graphics card for laptops: the mobile GPUs I'd want in my next gaming laptop
By Dave James last updated
Go mobile Helping you pick the right graphics silicon for your next laptop purchase.
Best CPU for gaming: these are the chips I recommend for gaming, productivity and peace of mind
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Happy Cores Fire up your rig with the best CPU for gaming. More cores, more clocks, more of everything that matters.
Best wireless gaming mouse: These are the rodents I love getting my mitts on
By Dave James last updated
Unbound Let go of the tethers and embrace the freedom of living life cable-free.
The best wireless gaming earbuds: These are the buds I'd allow to whisper sweet nothings into my ears
By Dave James last updated
Budding gamers So you finally managed to bag a Steam Deck or ROG Ally, now what are the best gaming earbuds to go with it?
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