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
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Whether or not Nvidia really has a chiplet-based RTX 5090 'under investigation' its GPU future has to be multi-chip
By Dave James published
News Rumours suggest it hasn't yet approved a GB101 chiplet version, but that the bulk of Nvidia's next-gen gaming cards will still be monolithic GPUs.
![Asus ROG Ally inside](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KE9qiAFv9JC7JytCbsfsXF-320-80.jpg)
The ROG Ally gets a new Zen 4c chip and a worrying price tag
By Dave James published
News That's effectively half the Steam Deck's GPU for near twice the price.
![Zotac RTX 4070 Across the Spider-Verse](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BMwyDiyKUDKHj92SkKftyP-320-80.jpg)
Looks like Nvidia has effectively cut the RTX 4070 price to $550 in response to the RX 7800 XT
By Dave James published
news With so many retailers and manufacturers suddenly dropping the card to $550 it's hard to believe it's not somehow incentivised by Nvidia.
![Thumbs up to the Steam Deck.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oN6ExdkTwhoirctJz78Gh4-320-80.jpg)
Games consoles are infuriatingly exempt from California's otherwise important new right to repair bill
By Dave James published
News "Since Right to Repair can pass here, expect it to be on its way to a backyard near you," says iFixit CEO.
![NeueChair office chair on a blank background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XKWgmokYHSVk4suWCidDKc-320-80.jpg)
NeueChair review
By Dave James published
Not so Neue Still simply the best office chair for gaming.
![Starfield NPC crowds surrounded by the bright signs of Neon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7JCquHQCHBSgYDfYQQupDi-320-80.png)
Bethesda says Nvidia DLSS support will come to Starfield in a 'regular interval of updates that have top community requested features'
By Dave James published
News Included in the patch notes of today's "small hotfix" is a list of top community requested features.
![Starfield sun bug](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tffinm7pcsbq7msNASMcHU-320-80.gif)
AMD says it's aware of Starfield's Ain't No Sunshine bug but currently has no timeline for a fix
By Dave James last updated
news But is also keen to point out that older GeForce GPUs, from at least the GTX 10-series down, are also suffering.
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Intel predicts 'a resurgence' of external GPUs because of Thunderbolt 5's huge bandwidth increase
By Dave James published
news It's being classed as "the best version for creators and gamers."
![Nvidia RTX 3090 Super prototype](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eA5ffAvWzco7H3Ky8FgtqS-320-80.jpg)
I never wanted the RTX 3090 Super but I'm gutted to miss out on the cancelled prototype's stealthy all-black aesthetic
By Dave James published
news The 'Super' tag was too on the nose, but this sleek shroud has got to be revisited.
![Realistic Nova 40 Headphones from the 1970s](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vwEMm9h2Cyg4YVewoyu7i-320-80.jpg)
Kurt Cobain's $20 headphones have been bought for $70,000
By Dave James published
news It's more about history than audio quality.
![Framework mainboards and case](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Kt2qd9nQeoKTKf3sv6sitW-320-80.jpg)
Got a weird PC project in mind? Framework uncovered a hoard of old mainboards in an old factory and is selling them off cheap
By Dave James published
news The perfect base for any weird and/or wonderful custom PC build.
![SkyTech custom Starfield gaming PC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GhTZ7ViChQVoppQbzfk8GS-320-80.jpg)
Okay game marketing, you win this round because this custom Starfield PC is stunning
By Dave James published
news So, turns out I'm a complete sucker for marketing.
![The Matrix Awakens UE5 tech demo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RyezmsdZSW4u5Xowphrt9D-320-80.jpg)
Nintendo Switch 2 reportedly uses Nvidia's DLSS to boost frame rates
By Dave James published
News Behind closed doors developer demo of the upcoming hardware at Gamescom highlights Nvidia hardware.
![AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kaQYuYDc7vaNNq4FNmeVDY-320-80.jpg)
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT review
By Dave James published
Upper mid A multi-chip RX 6800 XT for less and the best $500 GPU around.
![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.
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Labor Day PC gaming deals 2023: the best bargains available today
By Dave James published
Labor Day Treat yourself this Labor Day with some great savings on TVs and the latest PC hardware.
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Labor Day PC gaming deals 2023: the best bargains available today
By Dave James published
Labor Day Treat yourself this Labor Day with some great savings on TVs and the latest PC hardware.
![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.