Exactly that is the problem. Who would play at those settings with 30fps min and 44fps avg? That is way too low for a 1st person shooter, at least for me. And I think I'm not alone with this opinion. The question must be allowed if these settings make sense for the ambitious gamer. In my opinion they do not.
How about at least 50fps sustained? Better 60fps, at least most of the time.
And no, your second statement is completely wrong. It's ultimately about fps, not GPU usage (or CPU usage for that matter).
I have to agree, investing the money needed for the hardware, to play a first person shooter at 30-40 FPS doesn't sound good, further reducing IQ for a higher framerate makes a lot of sense.