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
![Arc A770 box in Starfield](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WeUXzhbtLxxorTjWWddxQd-320-80.jpg)
Intel's new Starfield GPU driver hotfix still has a host of problems
By Dave James published
News The new driver sorts out Starfield load times, and some instability and texture issues, but admits there is still work to be done.
![Colorful Colorfire Meow series](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MVRoYEf9gXBPzshQ8sPuk7-320-80.jpg)
So, guess I'm building my next gaming PC from Colorful's new MEOW range then
By Dave James published
news You might even say I'm feline this new range. I'm not even sorry.
![Ayaneo Kun vs Steam Deck vs ROG Ally](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7n8ZNsLWKyGCH6iHawsWG4-320-80.jpg)
The Ayaneo Kun has a mode that delivers near twice the power of the ROG Ally handheld gaming PC
By Dave James published
News At 54W, the big boi of handheld gaming PCs is going to feature the most extreme docked mode of any such device.
![Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 gaming laptop with Ryzen 9 7945HX3D overlaid](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FKEipLTU38VGQStvkaruyQ-320-80.jpg)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D hands-on testing: So, I guess AMD just makes all the best mobile chips now
By Dave James published
V V V cache The red team has brought its X3D CPU technology to the gaming laptop and honestly it slaps.
![Half-Life 2: RTX Remix](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zaC7WQrgkHYSJDjjbgq8qM-320-80.jpg)
The inevitable Half-Life 2 RTX remix is being made without Valve
By Dave James published
News Nvidia's calling it "the most comprehensive graphical remaster of Half-Life 2" and is working with the modding community to make it happen.
![Nvidia DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Xxaxnj7R7pwNg7wtapePuJ-320-80.jpg)
Nvidia's imminent DLSS 3.5 update will improve ray tracing and performance across all RTX GPUs
By Dave James published
news Bringing AI to bear on those noisy traced rays.
![A futuristic base on alien planet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xMtVhYcoWVfstniEGsJGxA-320-80.png)
Starfield's preload files suggest there is no sign of DLSS or XeSS support amid AMD sponsorship
By Dave James published
news Someone's dug through the initial files and folders and this is certainly going to upset a large part of the internet.
![AMD Navi 31 GPU](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cLgThcVR73KnbbFafP9PSV-320-80.jpg)
Sorry, how many chiplets were AMD trying to jam into that cancelled next-gen GPU?!
By Dave James published
news The reported high-end Navi 4C GPU has leaked now it's been canned and, boy, was it WAY more complex than the Navi 31 chip in the RX 7900 XTX.
![Gigabyte G5 (2023) gaming laptop on a white desk](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wT2WMANoYT4AxQdKeHMgUJ-320-80.jpg)
Nvidia's allegedly cutting desktop GPU supply in favor of gaming laptop chips
By Dave James published
news But don't believe any scaremongering about an imminent graphics card supply crisis used to maintain pricing. If anything, prices could still go down.
![ULTRARAM](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8LAfM2q79r4D5rFUVYqEtd-320-80.jpg)
ULTRARAM may be a silly name but it's the holy grail for memory tech and means your PC could hibernate for over 1,000 years
By Dave James published
news Close your laptop lid and open it 1,000 years later to carry on your Baldur's Gate 3 save as if nothing had happened.
![Intel CPU wafer](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dWH6HztFZ6cmcAdPbaKjYX-320-80.jpg)
Intel's next-gen CPUs could deliver a 75% increase in L2 cache, which would be big news for gamers
By Dave James published
news If a Core i9 15900K tips up with eight Performance cores and 32 Efficient cores, we're looking at potentially 56MB of L2 cache. At least.
![Selection of graphics cards on a multicoloured background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JTZLoWEJDnxFUNZDZ4gbV4-320-80.jpg)
Rumoured Nvidia Blackwell GPU codenames could skew the RTX 50-series more towards the mainstream
By Dave James published
news Rumoured GPU names for 2025's Blackwell architecture have been posted online, let the speculation begin.
![OneXPlayer OneXFly handheld gaming PC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TWXETLYX22kQAweQTdCg54-320-80.jpg)
OneXPlayer OneXFly review
By Dave James published
Fly my pretty Lighter, smaller, faster, stronger.
![An image of the best DDR4 RAM for gaming on a grey background with a PC Gamer recommended badge.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5tgfaXo4NK7jy979VqTdwG-320-80.jpg)
Best DDR4 RAM for gaming in 2024
By Chris Szewczyk last updated
DDR4 Avoid bottlenecks with the best DDR4 RAM for gaming.
![Dough Spectrum 4K](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TTwZX5G7tiCBBcpcTpky6b-320-80.jpg)
Your pixel perfect 4K OLED gaming monitor is coming in April
By Dave James published
news Dough's 32-inch 4K 240Hz holy grail will hopefully be here sooner than expected.
![Best curved monitors for gaming header image with two curved monitors and a PC Gamer Recommended badge](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MXyCa8w9iGMFfFPEtdqjqH-320-80.jpg)
Best curved monitors for gaming in 2024
By Dave James last updated
Big Bends The best curved monitors help immerse you in your favorite game worlds.
![Baldur's Gate 3 verified Steam Deck](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DgSqUAa5ArNthWsUhs4ELC-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 is now fully ✅Verified for Steam Deck
By Dave James published
news After the latest patch, Larian's RPG opus is now fully compatible with the Steam Deck.
![Baldur's Gate 3 controller mode](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZFosBjqdHEJ7ScyJPyJdLT-320-80.jpg)
I'm going to play the whole of Baldur's Gate 3 with a controller and you can't stop me
By Dave James published
Pad life Playing Larian's outstanding game as a third-person Mass Effect-style RPG is really working for me.
![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.
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