Latest articles by Dave James
Nvidia CES 2025 keynote live: new GPUs or there'll be a riot
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
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'
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'
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
Portable powerhouses Don't compromise on power or portability with the best gaming laptops.
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
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
Flying The first Strix Point handheld becomes the most powerful and maybe most desirable, too.
The best left-handed mouse for gaming
Lefties Shopping for the best left-handed mouse for gaming doesn't have to mean wading through right-handed options that might just work.
Intel Arc B580 graphics card review
Up 'n' down Hope is a dangerous thing to base a graphics card purchase on.
Lenovo Legion Tower 5i gaming PC review
Simple things A great entry-level gaming PC and a solid buy for 1080p gaming.
Five things I always tell people before they buy their first gaming monitor
Panel perfection Picking your first gaming monitor is a serious business, and I have some thoughts...
Five things I always tell people before they buy their first graphics card
Pixel pushers I've been professionally prodding graphics cards for the past two decades, and this is what I've learned about buying GPUs.
AMD just took the one thing Intel's Arrow Lake CPUs had going for them and slapped it right out of their hands
News Near 50% higher frame rates AND cooler AND lower power. Ouch.
Nvidia's upgrading GeForce Now's $10 tier with 1440p and Ultrawide resolutions, but the only extra Ultimate users get is a new 100-hour play limit
news With a market value of well over $3,000,000,000,000, you'd think it could have kept pricing the same without introducing a blanket time limit.
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D may have just launched, but AMD doesn't expect an end of life announcement for the old 7800X3D 'anytime in the near future' and 'would expect it in the market for a while'
The king isn't quite dead, but long live the king.
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU review
Underslung The picking of the best gaming CPU might just be a little more nuanced this time around.
Lemokey G1 wireless gaming mouse review
Little squeaker A very Keychron wireless gaming mouse: Affordable, simple, and feature-rich.
Secretlab Titan Evo NanoGen Edition gaming chair review
Peak Secretlab What price unprecedented comfort?
The bloated tyranny of two-factor authentication is ruining my online existence. There has to be a better way
Who am I? Why won't you remember me?!
The best gaming projectors: These are the beamers I'd use for my home gaming theatre
Beam me up Bigger and more portable than monitors, grab one of these projectors for the ultimate home gaming experience.
Asus TUF A14 gaming laptop review
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Nvidia RTX 4060 (100 W) | 16 GB LPDDR5x-7500 | 1 TB SSD | $1499 | £1479
Valve says its 'not really fair to your customers' to create yearly iterations of something like the Steam Deck, instead it's waiting 'for a generational leap in compute without sacrificing battery life'
News Valve may not be creating yearly iterations of the Steam Deck, but it's having to give the same answer every year.
