Finding a new graphics card isn’t getting any easier, sadly, but there are still ways you get back to gaming without one.
It’s no secret that finding the best graphics cards is pretty much impossible, especially not at MSRP from a reputable seller due to the prolonged graphics card shortage we’ve been living through. For those of us who grew up tinkering with our gaming PCs, we really had our hearts set on slotting in an RTX 3080 and going to town on the best PC games out there, max settings,4K resolution, the works. Circumstances seem to have cut us a different path and many of us have found ourselves in the PC gaming wilderness as our old Geforce GTX 1050s and Radeon RX 480s start to burn themselves out in Old Villedor. This doesn’t have to be our end, however; there are options, though moving forward often means having to leave something behind. I made the case for gaming laptops earlier this week and have heard from several readers about how they’re considering giving up the old gaming rig in favor of a slimmer portable with a mighty mobile GPU. Honestly, it felt like I was taking confession at times. Well, I’m here to absolve you, child, it’s okay. Change isn’t just necessary, it’s just as often good as it is bad. Today’s best gaming laptops are more powerful than they’ve ever been, and even a modest mid-range gaming laptop outputting to a gaming monitor is going to outperform that old Analytical Engine you’ve got chugging away under your desk.
