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I am somewhat stuck in the past. ~7mbps internet on a good day, (fast) storage is not unlimited, computer is 2019 sale parts except still using 2016 budget GPU (1050Ti).
100MiB or under: it's free real-estate
600MiB: I can tolerate this as an average size
2GiB: common AA size, function and quality better match
15GiB+: this is probably not worth it, beyond eye-candy maybe
60GiB+: This is diminishing returns, and likely multiple technical (and arguably better) choices could have avoided such bloat.
More understandable with physical media, though my last console did not age gracefully (YLoD, another unit I got via barter runs but probably has dry thermal paste). Also I mostly play free (and/or older) games these days.
Also personally: polygons are often enough. See Spyro's vertex color skyboxes:
Check out the Intel b580, your 2019 hardware should support rebar. (An bios update might be required). It's a phenomenal upgrade for around $250US
But I feel you on the bandwidth issue. I've had to give up on some games that frequently update.
Arc seems to take issue with low bandwidth even with rebar on (I suspect an architecture/pipeline issue), both because PCIe3.0 and older CPUs (less IPC/frequency?).
Oh interesting, I'll need to look into that more.
I'd expect that it's much better than a 1050. And still probably best in slot at that price point. (For new hardware)
Perhaps a used 1080ti would be better but I doubt a system with a 1050 has the power supply for that.
Remember that was an outlier for the build. PSU is 650w silver. Though it's currently nice to not need a GPU power cable.
I'm mostly happy with 1050Ti performance level for what I do. Probably will just stick with it unless I could get used AMD (for better time on Linux), like an 8GiB Polaris card for a moderate uplift. Probably not considering I don't know anyone and don't feel like buying used online.