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BenKenobi88 said:

A Radeon 4850 for $185 is a ripoff...I just bought a Radeon 4830 for $85, which is basically an underclocked 4850/70, which I then overclocked to 4850 levels, since I have good cooling.

You can build a gaming rig that can play Crysis at 1680x1050 (22 " widescreen) at high settings (a few on medium) for about $500.

I just made $425 of upgrades for a new CPU, mobo, video card, case, PSU, and memory. I re-used my 500GB hard drive and DVD drive, keyboard, and mouse...that'd be another $100 probably, and that's it. And I can play L4D, TF2, COD4, Company of Heroes, all completely maxed, including AA at its highest. Crysis, I can run all on high, with 2x AA, and I get just over 50 fps with a couple dips to 40 sometimes.

 

"But wait a second, I thought it would cost me thousands of dollars every year just to play games and still have them look nice."

WRONG