If you want GPIOs, you don't need (or want) an FPGA.
I don't know the details of your use case, but I work with low level hardware driven by GPIOs and after a bit of investigation, concluded that having direect GPIO access in a modern PC was not necessary or desirable compared to the alternatives.
I don't know the details of your use case, but I work with low level hardware driven by GPIOs and after a bit of investigation, concluded that having direect GPIO access in a modern PC was not necessary or desirable compared to the alternatives.