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
![Nvidia Project G-Assist](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GVCVDTZwTMBvePbhUAnXB6-320-80.jpg)
Nvidia's Project G-Assist is the first AI assistant I actually can't wait to have running on my gaming PC
By Dave James published
news This is an AI that could make PC gaming more accessible than ever.
![Screenshots showing Need For Speed 2 with an RTX Remix mod enabled/disabled.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NgNngVZeN8wVaB8KeBggEC-320-80.png)
Nvidia is open sourcing the RTX Remix Toolkit and releasing the Runtime SDK to 'empower developers' in 'virtually any game'
By Dave James published
news The Remix modding scene potentially just got a whole lot bigger, and a whole lot more exciting, too.
![Framework 13 with new mainboard and screen](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gW3bBdNDeiQ6v5hkNuY5oC-320-80.jpg)
Framework has announced the laptop upgrade I've been waiting for
By Dave James published
news The new high-res, high-refresh screen is going to make a big difference to the mighty Framework 13 laptop.
![The best gaming mouse in 2024](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BrjteU3tSYzutF5wyt5mDY-320-80.jpg)
Best gaming mouse in 2024: I've tested the very best mice and these are my top picks
By Dave James last updated
Pinpoint The best gaming mouse for every game, budget, grip, and size.
![Lenovo Legion Tower 5](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cgPy9MZEXu8ykWUph6r3PQ-320-80.jpg)
I challenge you to find a better gaming PC deal than this RTX 4070 Ti Lenovo machine
By Dave James published
deal The fully specced Legion Tower 5 is on sale with a $700+ discount, making it just $1,567.
![Nvidia Thor SoC for automotive](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CwiKW5kExEFe7XdWidM7Vj-320-80.jpg)
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
By Dave James published
news Feels kinda weird Intel's foundry ambitions could help bring about the demise of the x86 chip.
![Miscellaneous technology on a blue background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o4FiQcFcigpdGoWyieBZaf-320-80.jpg)
Best Memorial Day PC gaming deals in 2024
By Dave James last updated
Deals Memorial Day is coming and with it the first big sales event of the year.
![A Gigabyte and MSI pair of motherboards against a coloured background, with a PC Gamer Recommended logo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xkzB9JngUNy8x5yA7EbdiT-320-80.jpg)
Best gaming motherboards in 2024
By Dave James last updated
Best Mobo The best gaming motherboards from the top Intel and AMD chipsets.
![OneXPlayer X1 handheld gaming PC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZWY7R39jmfUsFgsDNVe5gM-320-80.jpg)
OneXPlayer X1 handheld gaming PC review
By Dave James published
No jack I guess a fat tablet can still be a handheld gaming PC.
![Best CPU for gaming: Intel and AMD CPUs on a green background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s8XXrPJf9Q3wfjvq4Y9oBb-320-80.png)
Best CPU for gaming in 2024
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Happy Cores Fire up your rig with the best CPU for gaming. More cores, more clocks, more of everything that matters.
![Qualcomm Snapdragon Dev Kit](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/655jhjFmh8uRxpQFWSF5HL-320-80.jpg)
Qualcomm is actually releasing a Snapdragon X Elite desktop PC on June 18 and dammit I want one
By Dave James published
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 Lunar Lake](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bRop79AxaTjxW9Q3fdYt39-320-80.jpg)
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'
By Dave James published
news It's coming out swinging, promising faster AI, CPU, and gaming performance than AMD and Qualcomm
![Lenovo Legion Slim 5 OLED](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jKjprPUE3oXkTJeU58gYRK-320-80.jpg)
If it was my money, this 14-inch OLED machine would be the gaming laptop deal I'd be clicking on today
By Dave James published
deals The Lenovo Legion Slim 5 is ticking all my gaming laptop boxes, including the all-important price one.
![Google headquarters is seen in Mountain View, California, United States on September 26, 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hF9CqPG4h4hmTkKtVQ9FkX-320-80.jpg)
Google's new AI search feature has been recommending people drink urine ('light in color')
By Dave James published
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) gaming laptop](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xHh8tkHgraw9bZSVZMkXEe-320-80.jpg)
Razer Blade 16 (2024) review
By Dave James published
Screen dreams Intel Core i9 14900HX | Nvidia RTX 4080 (175W) | 32GB DDR5-5600 | 1TB SSD | $3,600 | £3,600
![Asus ROG Ally inside](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KE9qiAFv9JC7JytCbsfsXF-320-80.jpg)
Asus' tone deaf response to ongoing RMA support issues isn't going to encourage me to keep recommending Asus tech
By Dave James published
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 Phoenix](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZyZwQRJ9rchKTs7d7YLxHM-320-80.jpeg)
AMD will reportedly stop supporting Windows 10 starting with its new Strix Point APUs and you can all blame AI for that
By Dave James published
news If you wants the AI goodness from AMD's new NPU, you'll need Windows 11 and nothing else will do.
![Lenovo LOQ gaming laptop](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EMp2tjqjkBFbsk4d3TkfiM-320-80.jpg)
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
By Dave James published
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 Ryzen shot from AMD](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JPzbyMuQ8vn7GhcfbVjYnY-320-80.jpg)
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
By Dave James published
news Maybe keep that one for 'Celebrating the next 55 years of AMD innovation.'
![Acer Predator Triton 14 and HP Omen Transcend 14 gaming laptops](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uHbgKufHzr7sabvXrqL4gd-320-80.jpg)
My absolute favorite little gaming laptops from Amazon Gaming Week, and one of them even has a lovely OLED screen. Mmm
By Dave James published
deal Personally, I would only consider buying a 14-inch gaming laptop, and it would probably only be one of these right now.
![Qualcomm Snapdragon X series CPU and laptops](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tXEzrqVc4fLnYWUCgXLJm5-320-80.jpg)
The tech I'm most psyched to see this year is anything but traditional PC silicon, and certainly isn't x86
By Dave James published
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.
![Dough Spectrum Black 27-inch OLED gaming monitor](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aoNTV3MVt7mvQX72SnLw2R-320-80.jpg)
Dough Spectrum Black 27 OLED gaming monitor review
By Dave James published
Doh When a 32-inch 4K OLED is effectively the same price, why would you?
![Qualcomm Snapdragon X series CPU and laptops](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cb2TbvEubvamUy6QzoTEr5-320-80.jpg)
The full Snapdragon X CPU line-up has now been unveiled, and according to Qualcomm's numbers it should put the fear of ARM into AMD and Intel's laptop divisions
By Dave James published
news Qualcomm has shown the full specs of both its Snapdragon X Elite and the new, presumably cheaper X Plus processors.