The Intel A380 is an absolute utter joke of a GPU and I question why it even exists.

It's barely an upgrade over your 1050 Ti.

I urge you to check out the Gamers Nexus benchmarking of it before you consider buyinug it. https://youtu.be/La-dcK4h4ZU

If it uses the Intel GPU drivers, then it could bench worse and still be an upgrade over the Nvidia card (at least for Linux users).

I could potentially use it with Wayland, which I can't reasonably do with the 1050 Ti.

If you aren't planning on using it for gaming, check out the Intel Arc Pro A40 instead. It's a nice little single thickness 50 watt bus powered card with modern specs.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/arc-di...

That does look nice, but nobody seems to be selling one yet.

Please don't needlessly shit on Intel GPUs. The last thing we need is sustaining the Ngreedia and AMD price gouging GPU duopoly.

Intel GPUs are great if you want the best linux drivers and they do AV1 decode and encode.

If you're, for example, a gaming streamer, or you need to encode CCTV or other kinds of footage and stream it as cheaply as possible, or if you do video editing in DaVinci resolve or other apps, then the AV1 accelerator capabilities of such a budget GPU are a godsend.