No real game machine costs a few hundred bucks... (Score 1)

I really don't quite get you guys who are making statements akin to "well my box cost $600 and it plays games just fine". WHAT games? Quake 2? Flight Simulator 98? The original Sim City? No $600 machine is going to crank out the polys that are required for today's (and tomorrow's) proc-intensive madly expensive PC game crop. The cost of a high end vid card alone starts around $300-$400 these days. They have us where it hurts, boys...and I'm willing to fork over, too. My point is: My mom's VW gets to the grocery just fine too...but I'd much rather go in a Porsche. I guess it's all up to preference and what you're into.