Latest articles by Alan Dexter
Transcend your humanity with the best settings in Dying Light 2
Braaains Get the edge on the undead by tweaking your settings for peak parkour performance.
What is micro stutter and how do I fix it?
Ask PCG Looking at the causes and solutions for frame pacing problems.
A week after launch the Radeon RX 6500 XT is still in stock, but nowhere near launch price
News Could this be a sign that AMD's gamble has paid off?
Good news everybody: Nvidia's RTX 3050 appears to be rubbish at mining
News Another new card that's terrible for cryptocurrency mining—hopefully this one will be good for gamers though.
One-netbook Onexplayer Mini review
Held back The 7-inch version of this premium handheld is eclipsed by the imminent Steam Deck.
Velocity Micro Raptor Z55 gaming PC review
Speedy Alder Lake gets an all-core 5.1GHz overclock in this impressive high-end build.
God of War runs so well on PC we didn't even need a graphics card
Lordy With a little tweaking and a few prayers, AMD's Ryzen 7 5700G handles Kratos' latest outing smoothly.
Tweak these God of War settings for divine performance and visuals
Jaw dropping Gift Kratos the frame rate he deserves with these tweaks.
Corsair One i300 gaming PC review
Freshly squeezed How much cutting-edge hardware can you pack into this compact PC? All of it, of course.
Phison's next-gen PCIe 5 SSD controller is nearly twice as fast as the best PCIe 4 drives at 13.5 GB/s
Storage wars Storage is about to get a whole lot faster.
These are the gaming laptops I'm looking out for after CES 2022
CES 2022 New CPUs, GPUs, and panels mean sweeping changes for laptops in 2022.
What to expect from CES 2022
CES 2022 The first tech show of the year is always a good sign of things to come.
Kingston explains why DDR5 costs so much, and when it will be the dominant memory tech for PCs
Ramifications Intel's Alder Lake is the first platform to support DDR5, but what can we expect from the future of RAM?
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: What is the best SSD of 2021?
Gear of the year SSDs are now faster, bigger and available for less, what more could you want?
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: What is the best motherboard of 2021?
Gear of the Year The lack of GPUs makes system building tricky, but there are still some great motherboards out there.
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: What is the best CPU of 2021?
Gear of the year After being forced into the corner by AMD, this is the year that Intel came out swinging.
PC gaming in 2021: The hardware highlights and lowlights
Highs and lows It's been a wild ride of a year, and not all of it bad.
Innistrad: Crimson Vow has renewed my thirst for turning cards sideways
Staff Pick Even after 24 years, Magic the Gathering still manages to scratch that itch.
Save up to $220 on a mini PC this Christmas
Deals Treat yourself to a mini marvel starting from $299.
Save $250 on this RTX 3070-powered gaming PC over on Microsoft's store
Deals Who could have guessed that Microsoft was the place to go for bargains.
Save $100 on the speedy 2TB Samsung 980 Pro
Deals Didn't manage to pick up a PCIe 4.0 SSD in the sales? Don't worry, this is a great deal.
Nvidia appears to be bumping the RTX 3080 and RTX 3070 Ti's memory specs
News Cards rumoured for much of the year finally appear to be heading our way.
