Alan Dexter
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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Unlock Dying Light 2's hidden FSR Ultra Quality for better visuals
By Alan Dexter published
News You can change the texture quality and sharpness too.
![Dying Light 2 demolisher](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9pXXJX762J76iFV2j54C29-320-80.png)
Ignore the presets in Dying Light 2: everyone should turn on DX12 for a frame rate boost
By Alan Dexter published
News Treat DirectX 11 like the stumbling undead and kick it off a roof.
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Transcend your humanity with the best settings in Dying Light 2
By Alan Dexter published
Braaains Get the edge on the undead by tweaking your settings for peak parkour performance.
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What is micro stutter and how do I fix it?
By Jarred Walton, Alan Dexter published
Ask PCG Looking at the causes and solutions for frame pacing problems.
![Sapphire Pulse 6500 XT](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4HW9J4xBucfVrBFU4icXUZ-320-80.jpg)
A week after launch the Radeon RX 6500 XT is still in stock, but nowhere near launch price
By Alan Dexter published
News Could this be a sign that AMD's gamble has paid off?
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Good news everybody: Nvidia's RTX 3050 appears to be rubbish at mining
By Alan Dexter published
News Another new card that's terrible for cryptocurrency mining—hopefully this one will be good for gamers though.
![Onexplayer Mini playing Exo One](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xrMYp6L7zSacsUggBBSBvG-320-80.jpg)
One-netbook Onexplayer Mini review
By Alan Dexter published
Held back The 7-inch version of this premium handheld is eclipsed by the imminent Steam Deck.
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Velocity Micro Raptor Z55 gaming PC review
By Alan Dexter published
Speedy Alder Lake gets an all-core 5.1GHz overclock in this impressive high-end build.
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God of War runs so well on PC we didn't even need a graphics card
By Alan Dexter published
Lordy With a little tweaking and a few prayers, AMD's Ryzen 7 5700G handles Kratos' latest outing smoothly.
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Tweak these God of War settings for divine performance and visuals
By Alan Dexter published
Jaw dropping Gift Kratos the frame rate he deserves with these tweaks.
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Corsair One i300 gaming PC review
By Alan Dexter published
Freshly squeezed How much cutting-edge hardware can you pack into this compact PC? All of it, of course.
![Phison E26](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/54axypSSE53LrSGmYpfUDD-320-80.jpg)
Phison's next-gen PCIe 5 SSD controller is nearly twice as fast as the best PCIe 4 drives at 13.5 GB/s
By Alan Dexter published
Storage wars Storage is about to get a whole lot faster.
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These are the gaming laptops I'm looking out for after CES 2022
By Alan Dexter published
CES 2022 New CPUs, GPUs, and panels mean sweeping changes for laptops in 2022.
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What to expect from CES 2022
By Alan Dexter published
CES 2022 The first tech show of the year is always a good sign of things to come.
![Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 memory in motherboard](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xurdG3Cb8aUYQgynKjkRW9-320-80.jpg)
Kingston explains why DDR5 costs so much, and when it will be the dominant memory tech for PCs
By Alan Dexter published
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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PC Gamer Hardware Awards: What is the best SSD of 2021?
By Alan Dexter published
Gear of the year SSDs are now faster, bigger and available for less, what more could you want?
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PC Gamer Hardware Awards: What is the best motherboard of 2021?
By Alan Dexter published
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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PC Gamer Hardware Awards: What is the best CPU of 2021?
By Alan Dexter published
Gear of the year After being forced into the corner by AMD, this is the year that Intel came out swinging.
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PC gaming in 2021: The hardware highlights and lowlights
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.
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Innistrad: Crimson Vow has renewed my thirst for turning cards sideways
By Alan Dexter published
Staff Pick Even after 24 years, Magic the Gathering still manages to scratch that itch.
![Minisforum X500-5700G mini PC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tbVDWDcrepDK5ojnuCsbWn-320-80.jpg)
Save up to $220 on a mini PC this Christmas
By Alan Dexter published
Deals Treat yourself to a mini marvel starting from $299.
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The best settings for Halo Infinite
By Alan Dexter published
Halo effect Run rings around Halo Infinite's steep system requirements with our guide to the best settings.
![Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme RTX 3080 Ti](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jcee8nsShWaucnz2w4c2sR-320-80.jpg)
Nvidia appears to be bumping the RTX 3080 and RTX 3070 Ti's memory specs
By Alan Dexter published
News Cards rumoured for much of the year finally appear to be heading our way.
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