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 The merged company lays claim to over 500 million users.

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News The light at the end of the tunnel turns out to be miners hacking GPUs.

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Reflexive Lowering system latency is never a bad thing, but how much difference does it make? It's complicated.

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News The chicken and the egg problem appears once again for next-gen storage.

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News It may all be hidden from view, but the underlying SteamOS 3.0 plays a critical role in the future of the Steam Deck.

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News Perversely, the new rules hurt mid-range PCs far more than power hogs.

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News Meteor Lake represents a fundamental change for team blue.

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News We could soon get the last salvo of this GPU generation.

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News Ridiculously high fan speeds appear to be behind the issues with the New World beta and failing RTX 3090s.

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News High virtual reality frame rates and higher quality visuals sound like a good use of AMD's upscaling tech.

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News Intel's gamble on big.LITTLE architecture could be about to pay off big time.

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News Don't get your hopes up if you're in the market for a new graphics card.

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News Intel's 12th-gen CPUs could arrive sooner than we thought.

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News It is increasing supply every quarter, though.

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Monster mash You don't need to know your Forgotten Realms lore to enjoy turning cards sideways.

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News That's not really an upgrade at all.

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Buyer's remorse It's the open ecosystem that has made Windows successful, not the apps.

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News Could AMD's affordable RDNA 2 graphics cards finally be on their way?

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News It may not be the Windows Phone we want, but it is the one we deserve. One that doesn't really work.

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Burning bright Intel's latest mobile processors are on their way and are looking for a fight.

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News The Windows 11 Health Check app is probably causing a lot of concern.

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News It's almost time to see 'What's Next for Windows' where we'll see what Microsoft has planned to follow Windows 10.
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