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

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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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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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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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News SiSoftware's Core i9 13900 preview certainly makes Intel's next processor generation look promising.

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News A biomechanical horrorshow that will have your skin crawling.

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News Ryzen 6000 isn't a one-off, it looks like up-to-date graphics in laptop chips are the future.

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News Hard drives can still have a place in your gaming PC, but not as the boot drive.

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News Laptops will also be covered by the new law, although not until 2027.

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News An impressive 3DMark result is undermined by unexciting in-game performance.

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News It could just be placeholder data but just imagine if it's right.

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News The dream of Steam Deck power in a budget laptop gets a wake up call.

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It Hertz We're not competitive enough for that sort of speed. And at least 75% of us aren't young enough, either.

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News There's a plan to introduce Microsoft Store ads as well, which could actually be useful.
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