James Bentley

James Bentley

Hardware writer

James is a more recent PC gaming convert, often admiring graphics cards, cases, and motherboards from afar. It was not until 2019, after just finishing a degree in law and media, that they decided to throw out the last few years of education, build their PC, and start writing about gaming instead. In that time, he has covered the latest doodads, contraptions, and gismos, and loved every second of it. Hey, it’s better than writing case briefs.

Latest articles by James Bentley

Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card on different backgrounds
The latest Nvidia drivers reportedly fix stutters when using frame generation and VSync, so you can generate to your heart's content

By James Bentley Published

News Capcom games seem among the biggest beneficiaries.

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A digitally generated image of abstract AI chat speech bubbles overlaying a blue digital surface.
University graduate speaker met with boos for saying AI 'is the next industrial revolution, then cheers for saying 'only a few years ago, AI was not a factor in our lives'

By James Bentley Published

News You're saying boo-urns, right?

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A screenshot from Louis Rossmann's YouTube video on Bambu Lab
'Bambu Labs, go f*** yourself': 3D printing company currently under fire for reportedly blocking 3rd parties from its software, legal threats and drama aplenty

By James Bentley Published

News How open is open source code, really?

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Nvidia H100 chips inside a server room at the Yotta Data Services Pvt. data center, in Navi Mumbai, India
The US has approved the sale of Nvidia H200 chips to 10 Chinese firms, but sources say they're still waiting for the go-ahead from China itself

By James Bentley Published

News Nvidia said it had 0% market share in China mere months ago.

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Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks while holding the company's new GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards and a Thor Blackwell robotics processor during the 2025 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Huang announced a raft of new chips, software and services, aiming to stay at the forefront of artificial intelligence computing. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Trump confirms he brought Jensen Huang on his expedition to convince China to 'open up'

By James Bentley Published

News Or as Trump calls him, 'Great Jensen Huang'.

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The Microsoft Teams app on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Microsoft Corp. risks a hefty European Union fine after regulators accused the company of abusing its market power by bundling the Teams video-conferencing app to its other business software.
There's a devious hacking scheme that involves a hijacked Microsoft Teams account, a fake IT helpdesk, and a covert infection tool

By James Bentley Published

News IT's a pretty bad one.

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Emeet Pixy webcam on a pink deals background
I've reviewed tons of 4K webcams, and this Emeet one with a Sony sensor and built-in gimbal is the best value thanks to two separate price cuts

By James Bentley Published

Deal At $90, it's almost half the price I reviewed it at last year.

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PlayStation game on PC
Sony assures that AI is only meant to 'augment' artists' capabilities instead of replacing them but it feels like a slippery slope

By James Bentley Published

News And that's not including upscaling and PSSR.

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A close-up photo of a pair of Micron and SK Hynix DDR5 DIMMs, showing the memory modules on black/green PCBs
We're starting to get convincing counterfeit DDR5 modules, just in case the memory crisis isn't bad enough already

By James Bentley Published

News A different kind of memory crisis.

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Intel Nvidia deal
Lip-Bu Tan says 'Intel and Nvidia are collaborating to develop exciting new products' and I'm wondering what they could possibly be

By James Bentley Published

News Presumably involves a lot of AI, but I hope not.

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Noctua's NF-A12x25 G2 in black, in a gaming PC
Noctua's iconic beige and brown PC fan now comes in a slightly less iconic all-black version for PC builders who can't stand the original colour

By James Bentley Published

News It's a bit more versatile but a bit less interesting to me.

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Computer code and text displayed on computer screens. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Hackers are using fake job interviews to load applicants' PCs with a password-stealing Trojan

By James Bentley Published

News No job and a new virus. What a nightmare.

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Origami Linux on a Dell XPS 13 laptop
A killswitch has been pitched for the Linux kernel that could shut down vulnerable functions while users wait for patches

By James Bentley Published

News Is the 'nuclear option' sometimes the best one?

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Windows 11 operating system logo is displayed on a laptop screen for illustration photo. Gliwice, Poland on January 23, 2022.
'Apple does this and y’all love it': Microsoft defends new Low Latency feature in Windows 11

By James Bentley Published

News The new mode is reportedly snappier.

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Valve's new Steam Machine during a visit to Valve HQ in Bellevue, Washington. The Steam Machine is a compact living room gaming PC.
New Steam update hints at four separate Steam Machine models and a reservation system

By James Bentley Published

News Presumably that's for different specced models.

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Micron's 6600 ION SSD on a black background
If you're wondering where all the storage is going, it's landed in this 245 TB data center SSD from Micron

By James Bentley Published

News How's your 1 TB HDD feeling now?

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Nvidia headquarters
Nvidia's VP of deep learning says AI workers are already 'far beyond the costs of the employees'

By James Bentley Published

News How much will AI workers really cost in the end?

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A close-up photo of a pair of Micron and SK Hynix DDR5 DIMMs, showing the memory modules on black/green PCBs
'Regardless of the type of offer, available capacity is essentially zero right now': SK hynix is reportedly being swamped with 'unprecedented' offers to secure memory chips

By James Bentley Published

News And it seems like it won't slow down for a while.

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Subnautica
Even seven-year-old GPUs will be able to run Subnautica 2, according to its latest system requirements

By James Bentley Published

News And launch is only a week out.

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Steelseries QcK Performance Balance mouse pad on desk
Some pro gamers change mouse pads every few months, and that makes me wonder how often I should change mine

By James Bentley Published

News You're telling me people change them?

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A screenshot from Navicula Meatus showing a strange human-like creature emerging from a bin in a decrepit environment
People are shaming a Redditor for not emptying their 300 GB recycle bin and I realised mine is just as bad

By James Bentley Published

News That's gotta feel so good for the hard drive.

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Edge logo displayed on a phone screen and Microsoft logo displayed on a screen in the background are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on February 7, 2023.
Microsoft reiterates that it's totally fine with Edge storing passwords in cleartext, despite security researchers' concerns

By James Bentley Published

News An attacker would need access to your pc to use it but why leave it open anyways?

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NVIDIA GeForce NOW cloud gaming platform running on multiple devices
Nvidia confirms some user data may have been stolen in the Armenian GeForce Now breach, but not passwords

By James Bentley Last updated

News If you use GeForce Now in Armenia, it may be a good idea to change your password and activate 2FA.

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Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial motherboard
Report says motherboard manufacturers are in crisis as builders aren't building new rigs as much anymore

By James Bentley Published

News Can we put AI back in the box?

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Mario Kart World on the Nintendo Switch 2
The Nintendo Switch 2 could see a $50-100 price hike says report as pesky investors complain about the launch price

By James Bentley Published

News Curse you, memory crisis.

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