Latest articles by Dave James
Intel's new Starfield GPU driver hotfix still has a host of problems
News The new driver sorts out Starfield load times, and some instability and texture issues, but admits there is still work to be done.
So, guess I'm building my next gaming PC from Colorful's new MEOW range then
news You might even say I'm feline this new range. I'm not even sorry.
The Ayaneo Kun has a mode that delivers near twice the power of the ROG Ally handheld gaming PC
News At 54W, the big boi of handheld gaming PCs is going to feature the most extreme docked mode of any such device.
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D hands-on testing: So, I guess AMD just makes all the best mobile chips now
V V V cache The red team has brought its X3D CPU technology to the gaming laptop and honestly it slaps.
The inevitable Half-Life 2 RTX remix is being made without Valve
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's imminent DLSS 3.5 update will improve ray tracing and performance across all RTX GPUs
news Bringing AI to bear on those noisy traced rays.
Starfield's preload files suggest there is no sign of DLSS or XeSS support amid AMD sponsorship
news Someone's dug through the initial files and folders and this is certainly going to upset a large part of the internet.
Sorry, how many chiplets were AMD trying to jam into that cancelled next-gen GPU?!
news The reported high-end Navi 4C GPU has leaked now it's been canned and, boy, was it WAY more complex than the Navi 31 chip in the RX 7900 XTX.
Nvidia's allegedly cutting desktop GPU supply in favor of gaming laptop chips
news But don't believe any scaremongering about an imminent graphics card supply crisis used to maintain pricing. If anything, prices could still go down.
ULTRARAM may be a silly name but it's the holy grail for memory tech and means your PC could hibernate for over 1,000 years
news Close your laptop lid and open it 1,000 years later to carry on your Baldur's Gate 3 save as if nothing had happened.
Intel's next-gen CPUs could deliver a 75% increase in L2 cache, which would be big news for gamers
news If a Core i9 15900K tips up with eight Performance cores and 32 Efficient cores, we're looking at potentially 56MB of L2 cache. At least.
Rumoured Nvidia Blackwell GPU codenames could skew the RTX 50-series more towards the mainstream
news Rumoured GPU names for 2025's Blackwell architecture have been posted online, let the speculation begin.
Your pixel perfect 4K OLED gaming monitor is coming in April
news Dough's 32-inch 4K 240Hz holy grail will hopefully be here sooner than expected.
Baldur's Gate 3 is now fully ✅Verified for Steam Deck
news After the latest patch, Larian's RPG opus is now fully compatible with the Steam Deck.
I'm going to play the whole of Baldur's Gate 3 with a controller and you can't stop me
Pad life Playing Larian's outstanding game as a third-person Mass Effect-style RPG is really working for me.
Can I play Baldur's Gate 3 on a Steam Deck?
Shoulda woulda But maybe the real question is: should you play the year's best RPG on Valve's handheld gaming PC?
Sony and Microsoft really are propping up AMD's beleaguered GPU business right now
news It's only the console chips keeping AMD's gaming market afloat while GPU sales continue to suffer.
AMD confirms imminent launch of 'new enthusiast-class Radeon 7000-series cards'
news Looks like the RX 7800 and RX 7700 are very much on track for release in the next few months.
Microsoft is making Windows 11 greener for PC gaming's fancy monitors
news If you're sitting on a pair of high refresh rate displays Windows 11 will soon adjust to different speeds depending on the content on screen.
AMD's PS5-like APU is reportedly getting 16 full-fat Zen 5 cores
News Dr. Su is basically asking whether you REALLY need a discrete graphics card in your next gaming laptop.
AMD officially launches mobile X3D gaming chip exclusively in just one laptop 'for the foreseeable future'
news The Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 X3D is the only one to sport potentially the best mobile gaming CPU ever made. Fingers crossed more chips are to follow.
Mountain Makalu Max wireless mouse review
Big hands, big mouse A great customisable wired gaming mouse, but a sometimes frustrating wireless one.
