Latest articles by Dave James
AMD's PS5-like APU is reportedly getting 16 full-fat Zen 5 cores
News Dr. Su is basically asking whether you REALLY need a discrete graphics card in your next gaming laptop.
AMD officially launches mobile X3D gaming chip exclusively in just one laptop 'for the foreseeable future'
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 wireless mouse review
Big hands, big mouse A great customisable wired gaming mouse, but a sometimes frustrating wireless one.
The ludicrously large RTX 4090 Ti is reportedly no longer happening
News Instead, we might be getting new versions of the Nvidia RTX 4070 and RTX 4060 using higher-end GPUs than the originals.
Boo, Intel's faux 14th Gen isn't going to deliver the peak cheap gaming CPU we were teased with
News Pour one out for the 14-core budget chip that got away.
A year and a half later and the Steam Deck's trackpads are finally being copied in a new handheld PC
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 (2023)
Sharp as ever AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS | Nvidia RTX 4070 (140W) | 16GB DDR5-5600 | 1TB SSD | $2,700 | £2,800
TSMC is delaying its Arizona foundry over a lack of skilled workers alongsde a $5.85B income slump
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.
The 16GB Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti is one of the most cynical graphics cards ever, and I'm kinda here for it
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.
Leaked 3DMark numbers suggest AMD's next graphics card should undercut the RTX 4070 and outperform it
news New leaked performance figures for the RX 7800 suggest it will deliver higher rasterised performance compared with the RTX 4070.
July's Windows 11 update could be the solution to your game stuttering woes
News Microsoft finally catches up to the fact we've had 1,000Hz gaming mice since 2005.
The new OneXFly certainly makes the ROG Ally look like a chonky boi
news This is the lightweight portable handheld gaming PC I've been waiting for.
'I see you're looking for a Prime Day PC gaming deal. Would you like help?'
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 partners with AMD and oh boy, the internet is not happy
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 is promised 'at least DLSS3 support in the Early Access 5 days' by pro modder PureDark
News "According to AMD Sponsored games' tradition there won't be any DLSS support. But don't worry, you've got me."
The Diablo 4 team confirms DirectStorage isn't working in the game 'but we are planning on enabling it in the future'
News Microsoft's funky SSD tech should be landing in Diablo 4 at some point.
AOKZOE A1 Pro review
Big deck energy Definitely more than a Steam Deck, but better than an ROG Ally?
Intel's forcing its chip designers to pay market rates not mate's rates at its own fabs
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.
Did you know there's been a hidden 'last resort' Emergency restart button in Windows since Vista?
News Am I the last person to find out about this, or are there other folk only finding this out now?
DockCase Pocket Smart SSD Enclosure review
Smart A genuinely smart new home for your old Steam Deck SSD.
Leak suggests AMD's best laptop GPU delivers RTX 4070 desktop performance for less power
News The power and efficiency of AMD's RDNA 3 architecture looks great in mobile form, but the jury's still out on the desktop side.
DrunkDeer A75 review
You're drunk A lovely piece of hardware hugely let down by its frustratingly limited software.
Windows 11's latest endearing mess rigorously and wrongly enforces Britishisms
news Microsoft's patchwork OS will now sometimes auto-translate Zip files to postcode files for UK users.
