Latest articles by Dave James
MSI RTX 5090 Suprim SOC graphics card review
Monster, monster The biggest, most powerful consumer graphics card I've ever jammed into our test rig, but not the RTX 5090 I would recommend.
Best wireless gaming headsets in 2025: the top cans I'd buy myself
Untethered The best wireless gaming headsets allow you to enjoy your games and music tangle-free.
The best gaming laptops in Australia for 2025
Portable powerhouses Don't compromise on power or portability with the best gaming laptops.
Nvidia says it's sold twice as many RTX 50-series cards as RTX 40-series in the first 5 weeks. I'd bloody well hope so given there was essentially just the RTX 4090 for competition
news So, combined it sold more of four different GPUs than a single $1,600 card.
The best audiophile headphones for gaming in 2025: my top recommendations for the best cans money can buy
Audiophile Immerse yourself in your games with the best audiophile headphones for gaming.
The best Mini-ITX PC case in 2025: the top tiny cases I've tested to date
Mini but Mighty Go compact and cute with the best Mini-ITX PC cases.
AMD Radeon RX 9070-series launch day live: The promise of a ton of reference priced stock is a tantalising one but likely won't last long
Live! AMD's impressive new cards are out today, and have had since January to shore up stock in the channel, and we'll be keeping an eye on how that pans out.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT review
Banger AMD's walking the walk on pricing and performance, it's now up to the AIBs to not let the side down.
AMD says its ghostly 'Toyshop tech demo is truly not reflective' of what FSR4 will look like when it ships with the RDNA 4 cards this week
News There are a lot of ghosting issues in AMD's new path tracing demo, and it's got a few people concerned.
Nvidia RTX 5070 Founders Edition review
Ambush The AMD ambush ought to prompt a radical rethink of the green team's pricing for a card which could, and maybe should have been the RTX 5060.
Nvidia RTX 5070 hands-on preview: a sneak peek at my unreleased RTX Blackwell card hitting triple digit frame rates in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p and Avowed at 4K
Sneak peek Yes, that's the magic of Multi Frame Generation for you, and yes there is considerable competition on the horizon. But it's looking good, at least.
Best graphics card for laptops in 2025: the mobile GPUs I'd want in my next gaming laptop
Go mobile Helping you pick the right graphics silicon for your next laptop purchase.
Framework takes aim at 'janky, locked-down, disposable, underpowered, and frankly, boring' entry-level laptops with its new 12-inch touchscreen
News "This is a defining product for us, and we can't wait for you to try it."
Framework's first desktop PC is giving us the AMD Strix Halo machine we've been craving, and the opportunity to build our own
News The first modular desktop PC from Framework. What do you mean they're already modular? They're certainly not like this...
Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti review (MSI Ventus 3X)
MSRIP A GPU with performance close to an RTX 5080 that's sadly set to be priced to oblivion.
MSI RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio OC Plus graphics card review
Gouged The poster child for the great 5070 Ti Blackwell GPU screwjob.
The price gouging of Nvidia's RTX 5070 Ti is utterly grotesque
Heels Every manufacturer is sniffing an opportunity to squeeze an extra chunk of cash out of PC gamers desperate for a scarce new card. And it sucks.
Best curved monitors for gaming in 2025: These are the bendy displays I'd plant myself in front of
Bendy Immerse yourself to the max with these vision-enclosing panels.
Monster Hunter Wilds PC performance: From Nvidia's latest, past AMD's greatest, to Intel's failing silicon, this is what the game does to PCG's own rigs
We put our own machines through the ringer with the Monster Hunter Wilds benchmark, to lesser or greater success.
Best 14-inch gaming laptop in 2025: The top compact gaming laptops I've held in these hands
Smol The 14-inch form factor is the perfect nexus point between performance and portability.
The unwelcome workaround for Nvidia's RTX 50-series black screen issues is to hobble your gaming monitor with a 60 Hz refresh rate
News It's a temporary fix, but I don't like it one bit.
There is one thing making me excited about the new Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti and no, it isn't Multi Frame Generation
Push it If the GPU at the heart of the RTX 5070 Ti can deliver the same level of overclocking it does with the RTX 5080 we could have a champ on our hands.
I'm genuinely stunned by the overclocking performance of the RTX 5080, and curious as to why Nvidia left so much headroom
OC hero Maybe I won the silicon lottery, but the GB203 sure looks like there was a lot of performance left on the table.
