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akuma587 said:

Because EVERYONE I know who is serious about computer gaming completely retools their computer at least every 2 years. If you keep yourself behind a generation or two on PC games to save costs, then you sacrifice the PC's main advantage, cutting edge graphics, etc. I don't even see the point you guys are trying to make anymore.

Exactly my point. Just becuase you can run a next gen game, dosent mean it looks great, that's why I'm saying, you can buy a PS3 today for 500$. And it will run games that look as good (if not better) than Crysis by the end of it's life, and the point on that is, from what I have read about Crysis I'm not sure a 2000$ computer built today could run it at 100%.

EDIT: The more extreme to power your computer can do, the more extreme everything else *has* to be. I had a old computer that cost me 950$, and I went cheap on the case/Power Supply. I replaced the Powersupply 3 times, and becuase of the case, I had to leave the side off of the case, which in the long run fryed my motherboard after 3 years. This time I spent almost the exact same on hardware, just 130$ on my case and 90$ on my Power Supply. That's 220$ just on the casing!