
Alan Dexter
Alan has been writing about PC tech since before 3D graphics cards existed, and still vividly recalls having to fight with MS-DOS just to get games to load. He fondly remembers the killer combo of a Matrox Millenium and 3dfx Voodoo, and seeing Lara Croft in 3D for the first time. He's very glad hardware has advanced as much as it has though, and is particularly happy when putting the latest M.2 NVMe SSDs, AMD processors, and laptops through their paces. He has a long-lasting Magic: The Gathering obsession but limits this to MTG Arena these days.
Latest articles by Alan Dexter

Save up to $300 on these RTX 3060 Lenovo laptops right now
By Alan Dexter last updated
Deals Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5? 15.6-inch or 17.3-inch? The choice is yours.

Western Digital's new drive promises to be every gamer's dream SSD
By Alan Dexter last updated
News Up to 7,300MB/s, predictive loading, minimized latency, and adaptive thermals promise perfection.

Western Digital's new SSD is aimed at budget gamers
By Alan Dexter last updated
News The WD_Black SN750 SE is a long way off the performance of the SN850.

Amazon promo codes
By Alan Dexter last updated
60% OFF Save on tech, electronics, appliances and more with these 7 Amazon promo codes

Samsung promises big things with the first DisplayPort 2.1 8K ultrawide monitor
By Alan Dexter published
News Shame it isn't really 8K.

HTC's new Vive Pro 2 headset comes with a beefy specs list... and price tag
By Alan Dexter last updated
News Dedicated PC VR isn't giving up the fight just yet.

Watch AMD announce its new Radeon RX 7000-series graphics cards right here
By Alan Dexter published
News "Together we advance_gaming" is my new catchphrase.

Big surprise, Apple's new M1 Ultra isn't actually faster than an RTX 3090
By Alan Dexter last updated
News Benchmarks show Apple may have been over-eager with the M1 Ultra's performance.

Save $260 on this GeForce RTX 3070 Omen laptop from HP
By Alan Dexter last updated
Deal It starts at $899 but you're going to want to customize it for the best deal.

G.Skill shows DDR5-8000 kit running on an Intel Core i9 13900K
By Alan Dexter published
News It's also announced Trident Z5 DDR5-7800 kits are on the way.

Windows 11 appears to be hobbling AMD Ryzen 7000 performance
By Alan Dexter published
News Another reason gamers may want to look lower down AMD's CPU stack.

Prime Early Access is a great time to grab a speedy and capacious SSD
By Alan Dexter published
Deal Slash your loading times and save cash.

RAM and SSD prices could increase as manufacturers cut production
By Alan Dexter published
News If you've been eyeing up a RAM or SSD upgrade, you may want to act now.

Intel promises its drivers 'will get there' as Arc Alchemist A770 readies for launch
By Alan Dexter published
News Not long to go until we find out if this is going to be a three-horse race.

Acer shows off its own take on the Intel Arc A770
By Alan Dexter published
News The Acer Predator BiFrost certainly catches the eye.

This whole high-end gaming PC is cheaper than an RTX 4090
By Alan Dexter published
Deal Enjoy some serious high-end 4K gaming on this RX 6800 XT system.

XeSS performs worse than native rendering on AMD's Ryzen 7 5700G
By Alan Dexter published
News Lara's better off ignoring the fancy new thing and sticking to basics.

Intel XeSS upscaling looks as good as DLSS in Tomb Raider and is almost as quick
By Alan Dexter published
News Death Stranding: Director's Cut also gets some upscaling love from Intel.

DLSS 3 is exclusive to the RTX 40-series but older GPUs still benefit
By Alan Dexter published
News Standard DLSS isn't going anywhere.

Cyberpunk 2077 is going to become even more unbearable for your graphics card
By Alan Dexter published
News Night City sure does look pretty though.

Nvidia unveils DLSS 3 promising 4x frame rate increases for RTX 40-series GPUs
By Alan Dexter published
News Just when AMD and Intel thought they had a chance.

Sorry, but it's still not a great time to buy a graphics card
By Alan Dexter published
Mined games Despite what you might think, the market is still too tricksy to upgrade.

This i7 Alder Lake gaming PC with an RTX 3060 is down to just $1,130
By Alan Dexter published
Deal Be warned though, there's no eye-searing RGB to be found here.
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