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That is easier and easier after every sale.
You're not alone, my 2060 brother. As my build gets further into it's twilight years I stick almost exclusively to smaller indie titles.
I bought my wife that Harry Potter game a while back and I don't even want to try it. Even on potato mode it's like 20fps in outdoor maps. She doesn't seem to mind the shitty frames, thankfully.
Starfield was maybe one of the last ”modern games” I could run. 1080p and 30fps locked because It couldn’t handle steady 40fps. I havent bought any games made in 2024 or 2025. I mostly just buy older games that are now available -90% or something. My latest purchase was a remaster ed. for a 20 year old game which price was now all time low.
I haven't tried starfield yet, but it looks interesting and I suspect I could run it at lower settings since I'm pretty sure it runs a modified Skyrim engine and Skyrim runs just fine.
Totally with you on older games on high discount. I picked up Metal Gear Rising Revengence for super cheap last year and that game is almost a decade old. I think the older rig has really helped maintain discipline to wait out the hype till games are older and I can enjoy them at a much lower cost.