I understand that, but spending $1500 on a computer isn't logical for someone like me. I'll sacrifice $500 by stepping down from the quad core to the dual core and the 8800 to the 8600. I don't have any gaming gods to impress with my 120 FPS, I'll settle for 80.
And it's true that the $1500 computer will last longer than the $600 computer, but by the time my $600 computer needs replaced there'll be another $600 computer that I can use to pwn any n00b with. My last computer cost me about $600. I bought it 3 years ago and only now do I really feel the need to upgrade. And by the time I upgrade again the hardcore gamers will have already spent another $1500 cuz they gots itchy trigger fingers.
I'm not saying that the people who are buying $1500 computers are wrong, I'm just saying that there are those of us out there who don't need the hardcore-ultra-badass-up-to-date computers. And in the end we don't sacrifice much video quality by being a step behind the gurus.
But to get back on topic, I guess it would be a good idea to set a price cap of $600, so does anyone know of any hardware changes I could make to keep within the $600 range but still squeeze out more performance?
