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Go play any modern indie game. You'll need at least a 1050ti for it to run well. The graphics are good, sure. Now go play something that runs on an open source 3d engine such as Ogre or irrlicht. Tux Kart is a good example of a modernized open source game and Xonotic gets mentioned a lot too (I don't know/didn't research what 3d engine Xonotic uses). You'll get playable performance even if your gpu is trash and the graphics are actually pretty good. If the game you picked has potato ass shit graphics then congratulations you only need a pc that's 20 years old or newer to run it. Gpu prices are eating gamers alive and it's getting to the point where the common person isn't going to be able to play modern pc games anymore if system requirements in games just keep getting higher and higher. They can't even figure out how to supply more electricity to graphics cards without the wires melting from all the current. Wtf even is their end game?
If professional game developers don't start making performance a priority the Linux nerds will start developing games the same way they made foss replacements for all the unfair paid software. I'm tired of buying computer parts. Video game graphics are already as good as they're going to get (photorealism for fuck sake), they aren't getting better but system requirements are getting higher. If this trend continues it will radicalize more people into supporting open source projects instead.
I don't think anyone is putting bitcoin miners in their games. I just think it's unfair that system requirements for everything seem to be getting higher, gpu prices are always getting higher but the graphics we actually get for it all aren't even a worth it.
The 1050 Ti came out like 8 years ago and was around $150 new the year before the 20-series released (I know because that’s when I got mine). You can get one used nowadays for less on eBay, though you probably shouldn’t if you’re building a new PC (unless the reason is you spent your full budget on everything else and just need a good enough stopgap).
I’d be very surprised if the integrated GPU performance of AMD’s last gen 5600G / 5700G isn’t enough to play most modern indie games acceptably, and for a budget desktop build, that’s the route I’d recommend looking at first. Its iGPU isn’t as good as the 1050 Ti, though - it’s about halfway between the laptop 1050 and the 1030.
I find that most games run acceptably on the Steam Deck and every indie game I’ve tried runs great on it. Its iGPU performance is supposed to be closer to the 1050, though (but its CPU performance compared to the 5600G is much lower). Admittedly, that’s at lower resolutions than I play on my desktop PC, but still, grabbing a Steam Deck + dock and playing at 720-1080p is a viable option for gamers today.