Latest articles by Dave James
I was feeling a little needy so I sought reassurance from Jen-Hsun Huang and he told me it's all okay: 'I love PC gamers'
news After a Computex keynote that missed any of the big Nvidia gaming announcements from the show, I was worried he might not love us anymore.
Qualcomm CEO says 'you should expect to see Qualcomm in every PC form factor: From desktop to mini PCs, to tablets'
news Are we getting closer to a Snapdragon-based gaming PC? Maybe, just maybe.
AMD's broken Computex AI demo again proves you can't trust everything an AI tells you
news OpenAI's Wanderlust, powered by AMD's Instinct MI300X GPUs, completely made up the location of Computex 2024.
AMD's Dr. Lisa Su on the role of artificial intelligence in gaming: 'Not everything has to be rendered'
news Game creation is one thing, but AMD's CEO believes that AI is going to be increasingly used by developers to get games onto your screen without necessarily rendering everything.
Nvidia's launching a new and... er... very generous small form factor GPU/chassis standard to simplify building your new mini rig
news Though it does bear saying the standards are very generous, and enthusiast-focused, too, which has me wondering if we ought to be expecting powerful dual-slot GPUs in the next gen.
Nvidia's Project G-Assist is the first AI assistant I actually can't wait to have running on my gaming PC
news This is an AI that could make PC gaming more accessible than ever.
Nvidia is open sourcing the RTX Remix Toolkit and releasing the Runtime SDK to 'empower developers' in 'virtually any game'
news The Remix modding scene potentially just got a whole lot bigger, and a whole lot more exciting, too.
Framework has announced the laptop upgrade I've been waiting for
news The new high-res, high-refresh screen is going to make a big difference to the mighty Framework 13 laptop.
I challenge you to find a better gaming PC deal than this RTX 4070 Ti Lenovo machine
deal The fully specced Legion Tower 5 is on sale with a $700+ discount, making it just $1,567.
Nvidia's suspected 2025 processor is now rumoured to be built by Intel using off-the-peg Arm cores. Yes, an Nvidia chip built by Intel
news Feels kinda weird Intel's foundry ambitions could help bring about the demise of the x86 chip.
Best Memorial Day PC gaming deals in 2024
Deals Memorial Day is coming and with it the first big sales event of the year.
OneXPlayer X1 handheld gaming PC review
No jack I guess a fat tablet can still be a handheld gaming PC.
Qualcomm is actually releasing a Snapdragon X Elite desktop PC on June 18 and dammit I want one
news Though the Snapdragon Dev Kit is quite obviously only aimed at developers, it's still sporting the fastest version of Qualcomm's new chips.
Intel's Lunar Lake is here to remind you x86 still has a place in laptops: 'You've never seen x86 power characteristics quite like this'
news It's coming out swinging, promising faster AI, CPU, and gaming performance than AMD and Qualcomm
If it was my money, this 14-inch OLED machine would be the gaming laptop deal I'd be clicking on today
deals The Lenovo Legion Slim 5 is ticking all my gaming laptop boxes, including the all-important price one.
Google's new AI search feature has been recommending people drink urine ('light in color')
news Thankfully there are a couple different ways to opt-out of the new Google AI service it's automatically opting you into.
Razer Blade 16 (2024) review
Screen dreams Intel Core i9 14900HX | Nvidia RTX 4080 (175W) | 32GB DDR5-5600 | 1TB SSD | $3,600 | £3,600
Asus' tone deaf response to ongoing RMA support issues isn't going to encourage me to keep recommending Asus tech
news Asus has apologised 'for any confusion' RMA customers might have experienced and is implementing three 'actions to optimize the customer repair experience' effective from today.
AMD will reportedly stop supporting Windows 10 starting with its new Strix Point APUs and you can all blame AI for that
news If you wants the AI goodness from AMD's new NPU, you'll need Windows 11 and nothing else will do.
This Lenovo gaming laptop made no sense at full price, but now the Legion LOQ is under $700 it's actually a flat out bargain
deal The Legion LOQ was once a budget gaming laptop with an unfeasibly high price. Now, with $400 knocked off the sticker price it's a great cheap machine.
AMD's CTO has written about 55 years of AMD innovation. And the most common topic is obviously 'AI' despite not really saying much about 'AI' for the previous 54 years
news Maybe keep that one for 'Celebrating the next 55 years of AMD innovation.'
My absolute favorite little gaming laptops from Amazon Gaming Week, and one of them even has a lovely OLED screen. Mmm
deal Personally, I would only consider buying a 14-inch gaming laptop, and it would probably only be one of these right now.
The tech I'm most psyched to see this year is anything but traditional PC silicon, and certainly isn't x86
SNAP! Qualcomm's ARM-based chips are promising gaming-capable thin and light laptops with battery lives measured in decades. One of those things is true.
