Alby_da_Wolf said:
About GPU upgrade, yes, for less than 100 euros two years ago I bought a passive cooled R7 250 that, despite being mid/low-end back then and definitely low-end now, can run all my backlog, and most of the oldest games maxed-out too.
About representing HW power, not accounting for multi-GPU configs can make Steam under-represent the power of the high-end part of gaming PCs, but multi-GPU configs are quite a small minority, while despite being universally considered unsuitable for gaming, Intel GPUs are used by around 10% of Steam users, not to mention all the old, faster than Intel, but now low-end GPUs of the past still in use, dragging the overall average definitely lower than expected.
Anyway it's possible that in the near future, thanks to the success Polaris should enjoy thanks to its good price and value for money (although the latter is a little lower than the most optimistic predictions), under-representing it could lead Steam to under-represent overall PC power too, in a heavier way than under-representing multi-GPUs.
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A large percentage of those Intel GPU's actually have a faster GPU behind them thanks to Switchable graphics/Enduro/Optimus that Steam doesn't count.
More modern Intel IGP's are actually semi-decent for low-end gaming/MOBA's though, certainly allot different from their i740/Extreme/GMA lines.
