$130 will match or beat any console in terms of graphical fidelity.

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shio said:

Mummelmann said:
Trouble is; even with the top of the line GPU's, they'll be outdated in 18-24 months so this is an "investment" you'll have to do 2-3 times in one consoles lifetime to maintain the edge.
PC gaming is serious bussiness and it costs a lot no matter how you spin it, especially here in countries where hardware is NOT dirt cheap...
I remember how much I paid for my GPU in September 2006; 3800 NOK or roughly 700-750$ and there were those GPU's that cost over twice as much.
So, to me, PC gaming is never going to be cheaper than console gaming, rather the other way around.
I'll have to modify my rig for over 4000 NOK again this year to stay with it, newer PC games are really taxing my PC.

Only Console gamers use that as an excuse to bash PC gaming since consoles are outdated from the start, or Graphic whores who are jealous of the people who are playing the sames games with better looks.

No one upgrades their GPU 2-3 times in 5 years, because thing is, PC gamers in general aren't so hung up on graphics (aka. graphic whores) that they would be forced to keep the edge: we just want the graphics to be "good enough".

Really?  You upgrade your GPU less than once every 2 and a half years?  Do you recall what GPUs you've had since, say, 2000 and give us a timeline?  This really surprises me, because I thought that lots of people were upgrading their graphics cards more like every two years, ESPECIALLY if they were going with less-expensive cards. 

I won't blame you if you can't remember, but if you can it'll be a really interesting, albeit anecdotal, example.  Proof that it CAN be done. 

Important followup question:  Were you always able to play the latest games at some level?  Or did you content yourself with older games and play the heck out of them, and then upgrade when you wanted to move on to a newer game that was beyond your system's capabilities?