Latest articles by Dave James
The best gaming monitors in Australia for 2026: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself
Eye candy The best gaming monitors offer the perfect mix of resolution, refresh rate, and size to immerse you in your favorite gaming worlds.
The best gaming headsets in Australia for 2026: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
Quality cans Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming headsets.
Valve had next-gen VR 'headsets ready three, four years ago and they were big, bulky devices' but went back to the drawing board after actually putting them on
News The versatile Steam Frame's focus is "on being lightweight and being comfortable".
New RTX 5070 variant could help bolster GPU supply but it surely won't help prices
News Nvidia is reportedly prepping a new version of the RTX 5070 potentially using failed RTX 5070 Ti or RTX 5080 cores.
New DLSS 5 mod offloads Neural Rendering to a second card massively cutting the AI filter's performance hit
News DLSS Neural Rendering is being developed hard in the modding community.
Me: You can now run DLSS 5 on AMD GPUs. My RX 9070 XT: Please stop, it hurts us
News A new app allows you to inject DLSS Neural Rendering deep into games even if you're running an AMD card. You probably won't want to, though.
DLSS 5 can be jammed into almost any game now, so I've been playing FM26 with neural rendered little computer people because that's just what I do
Neuroses And here's how I did it.
The Blood of Dawnwalker - best settings to tweak
Bloody work The recommended specs are a little over-generous so here are the settings I reckon you can compromise to gain some extra performance.
After seeing what GTA 6 does to a PS5 we're even more desperate to see what the PC version has for us
Looking at the PlayStation 5 capture, we're noodling on just what extra shinies Rockstar might add to the best gaming platform's version.
Looks like you can try DLSS 5 out today yourself
News Nvidia might also be doing the smart thing a rebranding the whole DLSS 5 pitch as DLSS Neural Rendering
DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction is a definite improvement but path traced fidelity is still not a 100% solved issue
Nvidia has rounded out the DLSS 4.5 stack… now where's DLSS 5?
There's a looming GPU supply crisis, which means prices are likely to get a whole lot worse. And it's not just because of memory
news One of the biggest manufacturers of graphics cards has noted in its results that the second half of this year is going to suck for GPUs.
Best graphics cards in 2026: These are the GPUs worth spending money in right now
Pixel Pushers I've made a career out of prodding graphics cards and this has been the toughest set of recommendations I can remember.
Best PC controllers in 2026: I've tested lots of gamepads and these get my recommendation
Total control Grab one of the best PC controllers for when your keyboard and mouse simply won't do.
Best gaming PCs in 2026: We've tested the best current-gen gaming PCs and these are our picks
Perfect PC Everything you need to know about buying the best prebuilt gaming PC.
Don't tell Nvidia: 56% of you are willing to pay over $600 for your next graphics card... and 19% would spend over $1000 😮
Poll That's lucky, because the next generation of GPUs is probably going to start at $600...
I've just finished reviewing AMD's latest gaming CPU and I would genuinely considering switching back to Intel
On a budget It's not that the 7700X3D is a bad chip, but the value proposition of Intel's CPUs is mighty tempting for a budget gamer.
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D CPU review
Score: 82% Not a DIY play, but could be the basis for bundles and budget pre-built gaming PCs.
We've been tracking graphics card prices for exactly one year and it's never been worse than this
GPewwww And I don't know where we go from here. Any positive thoughts welcome.
Framework 13 Pro laptop review
Score: 88% The best laptop Framework's ever produced, and one of the best I've ever used.
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ handheld gaming PC review
Score: 85% The best handheld gaming PC I've ever used, but one whose pricing is a tragedy.
60 fps is still the de facto minimum frame rate for half of PC Gamer readers, but more than 10% of you are dying on the 120 fps hill
Poll We asked what the minimum frame rate you'd accept as playable, and 60 fps still stands as a measure of smooth gaming.
What memory crisis? 79% of PC Gamer readers are rocking 32 GB or more RAM in their gaming rigs
Poll Sadly that does also mean 21% are on 16 GB or less, with upgrades only getting more expensive.
