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
![Baldur's Gate on the Steam Deck](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EXsMcixzgQ6DHyxsPidYdg-320-80.jpg)
Can I play Baldur's Gate 3 on a Steam Deck?
By Dave James published
Shoulda woulda But maybe the real question is: should you play the year's best RPG on Valve's handheld gaming PC?
![AMD Oberon APU from PlayStation 5 on a DualSense controller](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G83zuQYN2BXf2r4vstxurQ-320-80.jpg)
Sony and Microsoft really are propping up AMD's beleaguered GPU business right now
By Dave James published
news It's only the console chips keeping AMD's gaming market afloat while GPU sales continue to suffer.
![AMD RX 7600 Die](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4YuPPihjnQWz4ciso6kdpF-320-80.jpg)
AMD confirms imminent launch of 'new enthusiast-class Radeon 7000-series cards'
By Dave James published
news Looks like the RX 7800 and RX 7700 are very much on track for release in the next few months.
![Asus ROG Swift 500Hz gaming monitor on a gradient background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PRBiDMXy2N5d7CUgfFi5V5-320-80.jpg)
Microsoft is making Windows 11 greener for PC gaming's fancy monitors
By Dave James published
news If you're sitting on a pair of high refresh rate displays Windows 11 will soon adjust to different speeds depending on the content on screen.
![AMD APU coloured blue](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ckaPF96X8KhSxH9GjZDqW-320-80.jpg)
AMD's PS5-like APU is reportedly getting 16 full-fat Zen 5 cores
By Dave James published
News Dr. Su is basically asking whether you REALLY need a discrete graphics card in your next gaming laptop.
![Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 gaming laptop with Ryzen 9 7945HX3D overlaid](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FKEipLTU38VGQStvkaruyQ-320-80.jpg)
AMD officially launches mobile X3D gaming chip exclusively in just one laptop 'for the foreseeable future'
By Dave James published
news The Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 X3D is the only one to sport potentially the best mobile gaming CPU ever made. Fingers crossed more chips are to follow.
![Mountain Makalu Max gaming mouse](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/baUcX8ngrkzcG8iVCX4mHW-320-80.jpg)
Mountain Makalu Max wireless mouse review
By Dave James published
Big hands, big mouse A great customisable wired gaming mouse, but a sometimes frustrating wireless one.
![Nvidia RTX Titan shroud](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gZjfoPrpEY9zEwXMnwKo3G-320-80.jpg)
The ludicrously large RTX 4090 Ti is reportedly no longer happening
By Dave James published
News Instead, we might be getting new versions of the Nvidia RTX 4070 and RTX 4060 using higher-end GPUs than the originals.
![Intel Core i9 13900K processor in a hand](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iH7ZM9Pwap2LbATF4XBDNi-320-80.jpg)
Boo, Intel's faux 14th Gen isn't going to deliver the peak cheap gaming CPU we were teased with
By Dave James published
News Pour one out for the 14-core budget chip that got away.
![Ayaneo Kun handheld](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4vVvpsZerrs9Wv55jVCoae-320-80.jpg)
A year and a half later and the Steam Deck's trackpads are finally being copied in a new handheld PC
By Dave James published
News The Ayaneo Kun is the big boi handheld gaming PC, with a chonky battery, and an 8.4-inch 1600p screen for "semi-mobile scenarios."
![Razer Blade 14 gaming laptop](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EfjUn8VCGzmFcMuRGBmhFS-320-80.jpg)
Razer Blade 14 (2023)
By Dave James published
Sharp as ever AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS | Nvidia RTX 4070 (140W) | 16GB DDR5-5600 | 1TB SSD | $2,700 | £2,800
![TSMC wafer in manufacturing](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2UZhdiUvkn4ZbZCPscH4ig-320-80.jpg)
TSMC is delaying its Arizona foundry over a lack of skilled workers alongsde a $5.85B income slump
By Dave James published
news That's a brutal double whammy of a delay to the vaunted N3 production fab in Arizona to 2025 and a drop in its projected revenue.
![MSI RTX 4060 Ti 16GB graphics card](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FACgy4CGWGxHy8kp5eFdcX-320-80.jpg)
The 16GB Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti is one of the most cynical graphics cards ever, and I'm kinda here for it
By Dave James published
FINE Theoretically the latest Ada graphics card launched today, but good luck finding one. If you really wanted an expensive 16GB RTX 4060 Ti anyways.
![AMD RX 7900 XT with its original packaging.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9f7P52SjhMP5oFhPTKTEeQ-320-80.jpg)
Leaked 3DMark numbers suggest AMD's next graphics card should undercut the RTX 4070 and outperform it
By Dave James published
news New leaked performance figures for the RX 7800 suggest it will deliver higher rasterised performance compared with the RTX 4070.
![Razer Viper 8K Hz](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oPwATrxWwjN6efy6gCWWXT-320-80.jpg)
July's Windows 11 update could be the solution to your game stuttering woes
By Dave James published
News Microsoft finally catches up to the fact we've had 1,000Hz gaming mice since 2005.
![OneXFly handheld gaming PC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Cg4PKnMRSeDDTu4fnPR8Nm-320-80.jpg)
The new OneXFly certainly makes the ROG Ally look like a chonky boi
By Dave James last updated
news This is the lightweight portable handheld gaming PC I've been waiting for.
![Clippy via Microsoft's Office XP launch event](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s4rfTwb3jgy2nZkD9DbSK9-320-80.png)
'I see you're looking for a Prime Day PC gaming deal. Would you like help?'
By Dave James published
ClippAI Tom's Guide has deployed a ChatGPT-powered chatbot to help you find deals around Prime Day. Y'know, in case you're bored of our expert recommendations.
![Starfield space destruction](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L3Vrci4QhrJjJAnhmJTCm9-320-80.jpg)
Starfield partners with AMD and oh boy, the internet is not happy
By Dave James last updated
News Some folk are mourning a hypothetical lack of DLSS support, some expecting more classic Bethesda launch jank, some fear Jedi: Survivor level issues, and some just straight out call for a boycott of AMD.
![Starfield New Atlantis](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sPvXEyWdAzNDuG8PBYdmkb-320-80.jpg)
Starfield is promised 'at least DLSS3 support in the Early Access 5 days' by pro modder PureDark
By Dave James published
News "According to AMD Sponsored games' tradition there won't be any DLSS support. But don't worry, you've got me."
![Diablo 4 XP farm - a Sorcerer fighting some ghouls](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uaKEoEY4CLt33VfUozTv7b-320-80.jpeg)
The Diablo 4 team confirms DirectStorage isn't working in the game 'but we are planning on enabling it in the future'
By Dave James published
News Microsoft's funky SSD tech should be landing in Diablo 4 at some point.
![AOKZOE A1 Pro handheld gaming PC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e8X9W9QNvCs6KYYtDf6uec-320-80.jpg)
AOKZOE A1 Pro review
By Dave James published
Big deck energy Definitely more than a Steam Deck, but better than an ROG Ally?
![Intel 13th Gen mobile chips](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vzsXWEpoZ26X6Qdrk7z9EL-320-80.jpg)
Intel's forcing its chip designers to pay market rates not mate's rates at its own fabs
By Dave James published
news Splitting the fab and products sides of Intel's business is both an effort in cost savings and enticing customers in to pay for its facilities.
![Windows 11 emergency restart](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wgnhiHfE9SDdWYKXg2MEJ9-320-80.jpg)
Did you know there's been a hidden 'last resort' Emergency restart button in Windows since Vista?
By Dave James published
News Am I the last person to find out about this, or are there other folk only finding this out now?
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