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The PC Gamer hardware team discusses what the end of the GPU shortage might look like, and when it might happen.

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When will the GPU shortage end? It's a question we ask ourselves a lot here at PC Gamer. Time is marching on and the shortages of key components—namely graphics cards but also high-performance CPUs—only appear to getting worse. 

But rather than kick our heels in upset, we've gathered around a couple of microphones to cry it out, and consider how the GPU shortage might end. That's right, actually end.

So grab yourself a cuppa and prepare to channel some positive vibes as we dive into a hardware discussion on today's most prevalent PC building issue.

Jacob Ridley
Jacob Ridley
Managing Editor, Hardware

Jacob earned his first byline writing for his own tech blog. From there, he graduated to professionally breaking things as hardware writer at PCGamesN, and would go on to run the team as hardware editor. He joined PC Gamer's top staff as senior hardware editor before becoming managing editor of the hardware team, and you'll now find him reporting on the latest developments in the technology and gaming industries and testing the newest PC components.

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