[Pc Games] With the GPU market a hellscape right now, here are the PC gaming upgrades you actually CAN do

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If you're currently in the market for one of the best graphics cards, I offer my sincerest sympathies. It's rough out there right now, and although the market is showing some signs of recovery, the MSRP is kind of like Bigfoot—we've all heard of it, and yet, no one's actually seen it in action. Fortunately, there are other PC upgrades that you could spend your money on and enjoy before the GPU market ever considers becoming more reasonable.

Sure, you can buy a graphics card; hell, get yourself the RTX 5090 if you want to. The question is: Do you feel like gifting retailers a few hundred or thousand dollars extra just because? Unfortunately, that's the situation right now, with nearly every GPU selling well above MSRP. Even cheap GPU deals aren't all that cheap these days, but they're simply the best we can get.

 

Good news: If you give up on the idea of buying a GPU for now, it's actually not a terrible time to shop for other hardware. Broadening your horizons can help improve your entire PC gaming experience through meaningful upgrades.

I'll walk you through some options that are both affordable and impactful. Yes, it's possible, and yes, it's worth it. Well, it's certainly more worth it than spending over $3,000 on an RTX 5090, anyway.

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