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
![HP Omen Transcend 14 gaming laptop from various angles](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5M3xq95kst8wULxMGQannV-320-80.jpg)
HP Omen Transcend 14 gaming laptop review
By Dave James published
Cutie A supremely affordable, surprisingly gorgeous little gaming laptop with just a few teething troubles.
![Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro and Logitech G Pro X Superlight gaming mouses](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zEsdP3hviD4YynHRUPZ2yS-320-80.jpg)
Best wireless gaming mouse in 2024: no tails on these rodents
By Dave James last updated
Unbound Let go of the tethers and embrace the freedom of living life cable free.
![PC Gamer Best of CES award](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SQuGaG8PwhXAkDMCHdgd26-320-80.jpg)
The Best of CES 2024
By Dave James published
CES 2024 The products and features we loved so much from the year's show.
![Valve Steam Deck OLED handheld PC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LLFqM532iCTPhKDDbZyzVJ-320-80.jpg)
Absolute masochist uses a mismatched pair of old iPods to game on their Steam Deck
By Dave James published
News I know the Deck's touchpads take a little getting used to, but this is just silly.
![Two of the best gaming PCs on a grey background with the PC Gamer Recommends badge in the top right.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TS6C4vcLR4PyCuWKJCextk-320-80.jpg)
Best gaming PCs in 2024: these are the builds and brands I recommend
By Dave James last updated
Perfect PC Everything you need to know about buying the best gaming PC today.
![Alienware QD-OLED AQ322QF and AW2725DF](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BFqtkXt8FbKeGYCusPPUVY-320-80.jpg)
There are still massive problems with OLEDs as gaming monitors and that's why I'm sticking with my gorgeous glossy IPS for now
By Dave James published
OLED? Oh no Maybe I'll eat these words when the next-gen panels arrive, but for my PC needs OLED's not doing it for me on the desktop.
![OneXPlayer 2 Pro handheld gaming PC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V3FmRKfvhXG4rbiUDjYeDm-320-80.jpg)
OneXPlayer 2 Pro handheld gaming PC review
By Dave James published
Too much A big boi gaming handheld that wants to be your laptop too. And arguably fails to be either.
![Ayaneo Kun handheld gaming PC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pfEtiqwU3GbxthjJon4FeQ-320-80.jpg)
There's one thing gaming laptops need to learn from Valve, Lenovo, and Ayaneo handhelds: Trust us
By Dave James published
Take the power back The level of granular control over the hardware inside modern handheld gaming PCs is a million miles away from that available to gaming laptops.
![Asus TUF Gaming RTX 4080 Super](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WBoWxJdJ7AWrX5d7JKGiMV-320-80.jpg)
Asus TUF Gaming RTX 4080 Super review
By Dave James published
Why pay more? If you can't get your hands on a Founders Edition, Asus' MSRP TUF boi is an excellent alternative.
![Nvidia RTX 4080 Super Founders Edition graphics card](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YyegbDygGBwydKJ2Gyu6h8-320-80.jpg)
Nvidia RTX 4080 Super Founders Edition review
By Dave James published
RTX Rehab With the same performance, but a $200 haircut, the RTX 4080 Super is a necessary rehabilitation of the maligned RTX 4080.
![Framework 16 gaming laptop](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8BR3v8eMetg5gEqfRXLQWi-320-80.jpg)
Framework 16 modular gaming laptop review
By Dave James published
💕 You're buying for the promise, not the performance. But when the potential is this damned enticing it's hard to resist.
![MSI RTX 4070 Ti Super graphics card](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Geen7Dfp9HhrgpgqsdxacE-320-80.jpg)
MSI RTX 4070 Ti Super Ventus 3X review
By Chris Szewczyk published
Superseder A solid upgrade with a superior spec, but there's an asterisk.
![JBL and Creative earbuds on an orange background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XBpqJ78CZX7ZLywyf56EfV-320-80.jpg)
The best wireless gaming earbuds in 2024
By Dave James last updated
Budding gamers So you finally managed to bag a Steam Deck or ROG Ally, now what are the best gaming earbuds to go with it?
![PC cases from Corsair and NZXT](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wEJkzQRis9DQFiUhu8357K-320-80.jpg)
The best PC cases in 2024
By Dave James last updated
Best Case You'll want the best PC case if you're building your perfect gaming PC.
![PNY RTX 4070 Super XLR8 graphics card](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Hr6ZB3bgbQDRgbzxgBGabU-320-80.jpg)
PNY RTX 4070 Super XLR8 review
By Dave James published
OC? A quality GPU but more proof, if any more were needed, of the irrelevance of factory overclocked graphics cards.
![Nvidia RTX 4070 Super Founders Edition](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jZqe4YBVuwZs6wCFz9ftKd-320-80.jpg)
I wish Nvidia had been brave enough to kill the RTX 4070
By Dave James published
Courage/convictions The new RTX 4070 Super is a quality GPU, getting close to RTX 4070 Ti performance, but suffers because Nvidia has kept the RTX 4070 alive.
![Nvidia RTX 4070 Super Founders Edition](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/24DD7rbkdE9rVuqrYUCaBe-320-80.jpg)
Nvidia RTX 4070 Super review
By Dave James published
Suped up A healthy GPU upgrade delivering RTX 3080 Ti beating gaming performance for half the power.
![XGIMI Horizon Ultra 4K HDR projector](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gNUgan5EnvenhCVS4Vezvc-320-80.jpg)
XGIMI Horizon Ultra projector review
By Dave James published
Bright boi This super-bright beamer delivers a stunning 4K HDR image and excels in gaming.
![AMD RX 7600 XT](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bRK3mXHfusYvJ5RmQvu4JQ-320-80.jpg)
AMD's any-game frame generation tech is officially launching out of beta with the RX 7600 XT release on January 24
By Dave James published
CES 2024 Hidden in the CES 2024 press deck are details of the imminent release of AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) into the official Radeon driver stack.
![SteamOS on multiple handheld gaming PCs](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mmdbL3LgZWp667Azmq32TC-320-80.jpg)
AMD has finally brought software-based frame generation to handheld gaming PCs and the Radeon 700M iGPUs
By Dave James published
news The latest AMD Fluid Motion Frames preview driver lists support for the integrated GPU found in both its best mobile chips and the new Ryzen 8000G APUs.
![Razer Blade family](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8koS96EFuK79GmVi32Y3oe-320-80.png)
CES 2024 rings the death knell for the best gaming laptop of the past decade: the ol' Razer Blade 15
By Dave James published
CES 2024 New Blade 14, 16, and 18 machines, but there's no new hardware refresh for the old hero.
![Nvidia RTX 4070 Super Founders Edition](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UdSR6quPp2ZTr3AuA2SbBd-320-80.jpg)
The Founders Editions of the new Super series are the best Nvidia's cards have ever looked
By Dave James published
Stealthy If nothing else, the new RTX 4070 Super is a beautiful little thing, and could be the perfect GPU for a no RGB stealth build.