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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Deals That's really not much cash for a healthy chunk of solid-state storage.

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News Treat DirectX 11 like the stumbling undead and kick it off a roof.

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Braaains Get the edge on the undead by tweaking your settings for peak parkour performance.

By Jarred Walton, Alan Dexter Published
Ask PCG Looking at the causes and solutions for frame pacing problems.

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News Could this be a sign that AMD's gamble has paid off?

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News Another new card that's terrible for cryptocurrency mining—hopefully this one will be good for gamers though.

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Held back The 7-inch version of this premium handheld is eclipsed by the imminent Steam Deck.

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Speedy Alder Lake gets an all-core 5.1GHz overclock in this impressive high-end build.

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Lordy With a little tweaking and a few prayers, AMD's Ryzen 7 5700G handles Kratos' latest outing smoothly.

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Jaw dropping Gift Kratos the frame rate he deserves with these tweaks.

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Freshly squeezed How much cutting-edge hardware can you pack into this compact PC? All of it, of course.

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Storage wars Storage is about to get a whole lot faster.

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CES 2022 New CPUs, GPUs, and panels mean sweeping changes for laptops in 2022.

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Ramifications Intel's Alder Lake is the first platform to support DDR5, but what can we expect from the future of RAM?

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Gear of the year SSDs are now faster, bigger and available for less, what more could you want?

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Gear of the Year The lack of GPUs makes system building tricky, but there are still some great motherboards out there.

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Gear of the year After being forced into the corner by AMD, this is the year that Intel came out swinging.

By Dave James, Jacob Ridley, Alan Dexter, Katie Wickens Published
Highs and lows It's been a wild ride of a year, and not all of it bad.

By Alan Dexter Published
Staff Pick Even after 24 years, Magic the Gathering still manages to scratch that itch.

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Deals Treat yourself to a mini marvel starting from $299.

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Run rings around Halo Infinite's steep system requirements with our guide to the best settings.

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News Cards rumoured for much of the year finally appear to be heading our way.

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Mismatched A powerful CPU and weak GPU make for an odd couple even at this tempting price point.
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