Latest articles by Alan Dexter
Latest Windows 11 security patch is causing problems, again
News Installation errors and known issues make the latest update a tricky one.
Give your old laptop a new lease of life with Chrome OS Flex
Shiny Shame you need semi-decent graphics hardware to install it though.
Intel's next-gen Raptor Lake CPU is 39% faster in Cinebench than the Core i9 12900KF
News That 400W power consumption is looking a little worrying though...
Windows 8.1 has begun warning users of its imminent demise
News Not long to go now before it follows Windows 7 into the long dark night.
EU tells big companies to make it easier to get rid of pre-installed software or pay up
News The EU will keep a watchful eye on the "Wild West" of the digital world.
AMD hack due to some of its passwords being just 'password'
news Extortion group allegedly has "more than 450Gb" of AMD's data.
Cyberpunk 2077's clever AMD FSR 2.0 mod can double performance but is definitely a work in progress
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?
AMD has released new drivers for GPUs it no longer supports
News It's been a year since the last update and it isn't clear what's new here either.
Valve could cut the cord for future VR headset suggests new patent
News Let's just hope it isn't planning on powering it with a Steam Deck.
Intel really just asked the EU for $624M to pay it back for overturned anti-AMD fine
News This battle has been ongoing since 2009 and shows no sign of abating.
Modder builds the world's first PS5 slim
News DIY Perks is at it again, but this build is his coolest yet.
Gigabyte Aorus 17 XE4 gaming laptop
Review A beefy gaming laptop that balances power and price, if not quite portability and noise.
Don't be blinded by GPU price drops, buying an RTX 3080 even at MSRP is a mistake
Pick a card Nvidia's 4000-series is too close to release to be dropping serious money on today's hyper-expensive GPUs.
It's now 'more cost-effective to turn off the mining rig and buy Ethereum'
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.
4 months after infamous Super Bowl ad, Coinbase lays off 1,100 staff
News "Crypto winter" has seemingly begun.
Intel's next-gen Raptor Lake doubles cache sizes and matches AMD's Zen 4 thread count
News SiSoftware's Core i9 13900 preview certainly makes Intel's next processor generation look promising.
Scorn is already shaping up to be a horror classic
News A biomechanical horrorshow that will have your skin crawling.
AMD has promising plans for laptops in the next two years
News Ryzen 6000 isn't a one-off, it looks like up-to-date graphics in laptop chips are the future.
You should run Windows 11 on an SSD whether Microsoft demands it or not
News Hard drives can still have a place in your gaming PC, but not as the boot drive.
EU enforces USB Type-C charging on most electronic devices
News Laptops will also be covered by the new law, although not until 2027.
First Intel Arc Alchemist benchmarks are a bit of a mixed bag
News An impressive 3DMark result is undermined by unexciting in-game performance.
Seasonic's wattage calculator sees no power increase for AMD's 7000-series GPUs
News It could just be placeholder data but just imagine if it's right.
AMD's budget laptop chip might not be game-ready on its own
News The dream of Steam Deck power in a budget laptop gets a wake up call.
