I have to agree with you.
It seems to me that the power of GPUs over a few years has gotten better, but for what (from a gamers view)? I have not found to many games (that is what I use CPU/GPU power for anyway) that really need the amount of power that is offered right now. Yes, ok, for the nice cinematic movies and cut scenes, but REAL game play. I still run a crossfire rig using two year old cards (2900XTs), and there has not been to much to challenge it lately. Yea, yea, Crysis makes it work, but it SHOULD. Where is the programming in games to support the GPU power that is available? No I don't program, no I don't develop, but really, where is the game play? I had also heard a lot about physics being supported directly on the GPU....bla bla bla, I don't see much of that either. Great, the cards support it, where is the programming other then in tech demos?
I'm with you Dig, I used to upgrade all the time (2x /yr), but right now, I just don't see the need. Are the manufacutrers using us PC folks to test waht will and won't work for consoles? I feel that way, and i won't play into it.
I'm good for now, but upgrades for me are now 1-2 years apart, not bi-annually.
Just my view.
-BG-