Jacob Ridley
Jacob earned his first byline writing for his own tech blog. From there, he graduated to professionally breaking things as hardware writer at PCGamesN, where he was one half of a popular weekly YouTube show. He would go on to run the team as hardware editor before joining PC Gamer's world-class staff as senior hardware editor. Today you'll find him spending his days reporting on the latest developments in the technology and gaming industries. He's found reporting from floors, benches, and, if he's lucky, plush press rooms at the biggest tech shows, such as Computex and CES. But more often than not he's hunched over the office test bench evaluating the newest PC components.
When he's not writing about GPUs and CPUs, you'll find Jacob trying to get as far away from the modern world as possible by wild camping.
Latest articles by Jacob Ridley
Nvidia's game filter for RTX GPUs lets you enable HDR in games that never supported it
By Jacob Ridley published
News Works with any RTX 20-series or newer graphics card and on games running DirectX 9–12 or Vulkan.
Shadowplay can now capture games at 120 fps and gets a new look in the Nvidia App
By Jacob Ridley published
News Do most need to capture at 120 fps? Probably not, but it's nice to have the option.
The new Nvidia App killing GeForce Experience: new overlay, system monitoring, 120fps capture, and lets you add HDR to any game
By Jacob Ridley published
News The Nvidia App is currently in beta but will also replace the Nvidia Control Panel eventually.
I'm calling time on stick drift and getting Hall effect in every one of my controllers in 2024
By Jacob Ridley published
Drifting away I never want to experience stick drift again in my life, and Hall effect is an easy answer.
Best OLED gaming monitors in 2024
By Jeremy Laird last updated
Eye candy The best OLED gaming monitors deliver crazy speed and eye-popping HDR performance.
This real-world Angel Lamp from Alan Wake 2 actually works to make you feel like you're stuck in a horror novel of your own creation
By Jacob Ridley published
News If only Wake had an Alexa compatible lamp in the Dark Place.
Best wireless gaming headsets in 2024: the top cans I'd buy myself
By Dave James last updated
Untethered The best wireless gaming headsets allow you to enjoy your games and music tangle-free.
AceZone A-Spire review
By Jacob Ridley published
Stay focused Competitive gamers, look no further. And if you're prone to gaming in loud spots, this is the noise-cancelling headset you need.
Intel Core i9 14900KS surfaces ahead of release with claims to a 6.2GHz Turbo and peak wattage to make your graphics card jealous
By Jacob Ridley published
News It's likely that Intel is gearing up the so-far-unannounced processor for release in the next few months.
This $870 RTX 4060 gaming laptop deal proves you don't need to spend big to score modern gaming hardware
By Jacob Ridley published
Deal A lovely Lenovo gaming laptop with $130 off at Walmart.
I created a highly personalised large language model with Nvidia's entertaining Chat with RTX app but at 60GB+ I'm now beginning to wonder if it's worth keeping around
By Jacob Ridley published
News Chat with RTX is available to download and works with most RTX 40/30-series GPUs.
Best gaming headsets in 2024: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
By Dave James last updated
Quality cans Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming headsets.
Best gaming monitors in 2024: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself
By Dave James last updated
Eye candy The best gaming monitors balance price with panel quality, resolution and refresh rate.
Best gaming chairs in 2024: the seats I'd suggest for any gamer
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Take a seat Treat your posterior to one of the best gaming chairs.
Machine learning means we can read a 2,000-year-old carbonized scroll buried by Mount Vesuvius and turns out it's all about the pleasures of stuffing your face
By Jacob Ridley published
News You'd think this task nearly impossible by looking at the state of these scrolls.
Mod to add HDR to non-HDR games on RTX GPUs is built out of hidden settings in Nvidia's latest drivers
By Jacob Ridley published
News Users are reporting the mod is actually better than Microsoft's AutoHDR option.
Viral clip of Tesla driver wearing Apple Vision Pro leads US gov to remind everyone 'self-driving' cars don't mean you can take your eyes off the road
By Jacob Ridley published
News Try this at home, not the highway.
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT review
By Jacob Ridley published
Better options More memory is nice, but not worth the price AMD's asking.
Ray tracing made possible on 42-year-old ZX Spectrum: 'reasonably fast, if you consider 17 hours per frame to be reasonably fast'
By Jacob Ridley published
Trace back The 1980s computer produces surprisingly gorgeous ray-traced results, but be prepared to measure performance by hour rather than second.
Drop + Xduoo TA-84 OTL Tube Amp/DAC review
By Jacob Ridley published
Listen up Tubes never go out of fashion.
The plucky Raspberry Pi 5 gets the full liquid treatment with this slightly absurd water cooling kit
By Jacob Ridley published
News You need to have a pretty good reason to want to liquid cool a Raspberry Pi.
Elon Musk's Neuralink has stuck a device in someone's brain and he's already talking up its theoretical uses: 'Imagine if Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than a speed typist'
By Jacob Ridley published
News Transhumanism can wait. For now, Neuralink's first human patient is "recovering well".
MSI's new Claw handheld goes head to head with Lenovo and Asus at $700
By Jacob Ridley published
News Though you only get the pared back Intel Meteor Lake chip for that money.