Dave Meikleham
Dave is a computing editor at Tom’s Guide and covers everything from cutting-edge laptops, the latest GPU tech, to ultrawide monitors. When he’s not worrying about dead pixels, Dave enjoys regularly rebuilding his PC for absolutely no reason at all. He built his first rig over 20 years ago, and he’s gone through more motherboards than he’s had hot dinners. Probably.
In a previous life, he worked as a video game journalist during a career spanning the best part of two decades. Over that time he worked across both online and print, with bylines for GamesRadar+, PC Gamer, TechRadar, Edge and the Official UK PlayStation Magazine. He’s almost amassed an immeasurable amount of bad puns.
An avid PC and console gamer, Dave enjoys breaking out Fraps way too often as he obsesses over frame rates. Despite owning a graphics card that costs roughly the same as your average used car, he still enjoys gaming on the go and is regularly glued to his Switch. Away from tech, most of Dave’s time is taken up by walking his husky, obsessing about his various OLED displays and sweating over the fitness of half a dozen Arsenal players on any given week.
Latest articles by Dave Meikleham
I love the Steam Deck but I’m ditching it for Steam Deck OLED — here’s why
By Dave Meikleham published
I've been dreaming of Steam Deck OLED for months, and as much as I love the LCD model, I can never go back to it now.
Intel's latest Raptor Lake Core i9 CPU just got smoked by Apple's M3 Max in Geekbench
By Dave Meikleham published
If these leaked Geekbench results are accurate regarding Intel's latest high-end laptop CPU, the Apple M3 Max has nothing to worry about.
How to install Decky Loader on Steam Deck
By Dave Meikleham published
Here's how to install the brilliant Decky Loader extension on Valve's sensational handheld PC.
You can now play MGS Master Collection in 4K on PC — and it’s almost masterful
By Dave Meikleham published
The modding community has helped fix one of the Master Collection’s biggest flaws on PC within a week of the games launching.
Apple M3 vs M3 Pro vs M3 Max: The specs you need to know
By Dave Meikleham last updated
The specs for Apple's next-gen M3 chip are finally confirmed, and here's how they match up to each other specs-wise.
Apple October Event recap: M3 MacBook Pro, new M3 iMac and all the ‘scary fast’ news
By Jason England last updated
Here's everything we learned at the Apple October 'Scary Fast' event on October 30, where we met the new Apple M3 chip family and the new iMac and MacBook Pros they power.
MacBook Pro with M3 Pro/M3 Max brings huge performance boost — and new Space Black design
By Dave Meikleham published
Apple has officially announced its M3 silicon, with the M3 Pro and M3 Max chips featuring in the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros.
New Nintendo Switch 2 rumors paint console as either dockless hybrid or dividable dual-screen handheld
By Dave Meikleham published
Leaked patents point to the Switch's successor having a duo of detachable screens. Then again, it might take some design cues from the SNES while also ditching the dock. Hmmm.
Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection is one of the most disgraceful video game releases in years
By Dave Meikleham published
Are you a big Metal Gear fan? Please, please stay away from this shameful series of ports (especially on PC) until serious post-release patches are hopefully put in place.
Apple reportedly won't launch 13-inch MacBook Pro M3 at 'Scary Fast' event — what we know
By Dave Meikleham published
Have you been holding out hope Apple’s upcoming Halloween-themed event will feature the unveiling of a more powerful 13-inch MacBook Pro? Brace yourself for bad news.
Take the hint, Microsoft — I’m not using Edge, no matter how many obstacles you throw at me
By Dave Meikleham published
Obviously Microsoft would prefer you use Edge than one of its main browsing rivals. But throwing up borderline begging polls to get you to stay? Come on now.
My favorite OLED gaming monitor can be ruined by burn-in — here’s how to prevent that
By Dave Meikleham published
OLED burn-in is the absolute worst. If you’ve recently bought the awesome Alienware AW3423DWF QD-OLED monitor, follow these steps to ensure your new display doesn’t get blighted by screen-burn.
Apple is crashing Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite party with the M3 chip
By Dave Meikleham published
Though the Snapdragon X Elite appears to have the beating of Apple’s M2 line of processors, our money is on the almost certainly soon to be announced M3 chip outgunning Qualcomm’s new CPU range.
Forget Switch 2 — this LG OLED TV makes Nintendo Switch games look almost 4K good
By Dave Meikleham published
LG’s latest flagship set boasts such sophisticated image-upscaling that (with a little help) it can make playing Nintendo Switch games look close to 4K picture quality levels.
I've never bounced harder off a Bethesda game than Starfield — and the Steam data shows I'm not alone
By Dave Meikleham last updated
Recent damning Steam Charts data points to a player base that is rapidly losing interest in a game that promised near limitless potential.
Steam Deck has made me fall back in love with my gaming PC — here's why
By Dave Meikleham last updated
Thanks to Valve’s handy cross-save features I've started using my gaming rig a whole lot more over the last few weeks
It's official — dogs are now better at video games than humans
By Dave Meikleham published
Having a hard day? Cheer yourself up by reading a story about a doggo that’s attempting to speedrun an old school NES game in the name of charity.
Project Silica — how Microsoft’s new glass storage could change the world
By Dave Meikleham published
Microsoft's glass-based storage technqiue has the ability to house colossal amounts of information in a tiny form factor that's capable of lasting for thousands of years.
Asus Zenbook Pro 14 OLED review
By Dave Meikleham published
The Asus Zenbook Pro 14 OLED is a speedy productivity laptop that's also good for gaming, but it can't match the competition in terms of display quality or battery life.
Lenovo could be trying to kill the Chromebook with its own new Android OS
By Dave Meikleham published
A new Android-based OS known as ‘Esper Foundation’ could spell the end for Lenovo’s Chromebooks.
The Crew Motorfest isn’t Forza Horizon 5 — but at least you can play it for free right now
By Dave Meikleham published
Motorfest may not have the quality to take Forza's first place podium crown, yet Ubisoft is currently offering up a five day free trial on its open-world racer.
New MacBooks with M3 chip just tipped to launch next year — here's what we know
By Dave Meikleham published
Apple's M3 chipset is as inevitable as Thanos, and new shipping reports heavily point to new laptops launching with the rumored, extra powerful silicon next year.
This free update makes Red Dead remaster on PS5 worth the money — here's why
By Dave Meikleham published
Own a PS5? There's never been a better time to play Rockstar's sandbox classic thanks to this newly released patch.
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