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alexf10 said:

thats what we get for 303€

a core2duo @2x2.6ghz
hd4850 512mb
2gb ram

i fired up some games on his new computer and his chin dropped hahaha
i installed him demos for bioshock, crysis, cod4, ut3 and some others....the look in his face was priceless.

he thought all he can get for 300€ was a pc that can play games with minimum settings and low framerates....now he is a happy pc gamer.

Yeah, good PCs are the cheapest ever. It's mainly due to lack of money ("HD" graphics are already insanely expensive) and market (games are made for consoles now, not PCs, which puts an upper limit on graphics of circa 2005-level PC) graphical advancements, so that recent games on High settings are playable on sub-$100 graphics cards.