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

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News Microsoft was trying to do the right thing, but it turns out doing nothing is better.

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News Installation errors and known issues make the latest update a tricky one.

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Shiny Shame you need semi-decent graphics hardware to install it though.

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News That 400W power consumption is looking a little worrying though...

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News Not long to go now before it follows Windows 7 into the long dark night.

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Not all Prime Day deals are made equal.

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You don't need to choose between speed and capacity any longer. Now you can have it all.

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News The EU will keep a watchful eye on the "Wild West" of the digital world.

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Deals With sales prices up to $300 cheaper than last Black Friday, it pays to be able to spot a good deal.

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Deal The only thing it doesn't bring to the game is a mass of RGB lights.

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deal Not quite MSRP territory, but that's really not too far off now.

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news Extortion group allegedly has "more than 450Gb" of AMD's data.

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News We've put this one-man FSR 2.0 mod up against DLSS 2.0 and the results are impressive. Just kill motion blur, eh?

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News It's been a year since the last update and it isn't clear what's new here either.

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Deal That's a cool $100 off its normal price.

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News Let's just hope it isn't planning on powering it with a Steam Deck.

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News This battle has been ongoing since 2009 and shows no sign of abating.

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News DIY Perks is at it again, but this build is his coolest yet.

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Review A beefy gaming laptop that balances power and price, if not quite portability and noise.

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deal This all-AMD rig makes plenty of sense for relatively little money.

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Pick a card Nvidia's 4000-series is too close to release to be dropping serious money on today's hyper-expensive GPUs.

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News GPU mining is now not profitable due to the perfect storm of dropping value and spiking energy prices. The hopeful few will continue for a little while yet.

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News "Crypto winter" has seemingly begun.
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