GPU Shortage: Try playing at 720p resolutions.

Back in Sept. 2021 there was an on going GPU shortage. However its not a new problem. GPU shortages go back as for as 2017 of the cryptocurrency-related demand in 2017 and 2018. Back then with most of these GPU sales happening online, scalpers quickly crash the party, using bots that to buy up all the cards before the most people have chance to click "add to cart." Then in 2020 COVID-19 crippled the global supply chain. Everybody needed a PC video chat or homework.  For many people, sharing one family computer was no longer going to work. Chromebook and tablet sales sky rocketed, and we saw the biggest PC demand in a decade.

I do not upgrade PC parts every year. I am not really a PC gamer. I usually only play single-player games and sometimes multiplayer but the multi-player games I play are much older. Games like left 4 dead or Borderlands 2. I do have do have two "newer" GPUs, one is a 1070 and the other is a RX 5700. Both cards do very well playing games at 1080p. The question is do you need new  GPUs to play new games today? For the games I mostly play the answer is no. But can you play games like Doom 2016, Doom Eternal, Dying Light, Warframe, or the Tomb Raider series on a GTX 750ti?

The GTX 750 Ti is rated for a board power of just 60W. Is the the GTX 750 Ti good for playing games? Depends on your budget and your needs. It gives playable fps even in newer titles at low 720p. It is a bit faster than GT 1030 (GDDR5 version), but slower than a 1050. Yes it is perfectly capable of running most newer games at low settings at 720p resolutions. It a still solid upgrade over a IGPU.