I recently changed from console gaming (xbox) to pc. my conclusion gaming is expensive either way :) and like stated above, you don't have to upgrade every year, my pc is almost 2 years old and it still runs the latest games at medium. (with a geforce 6600GT, pci-e) and I haven't done any upgrade and I don't plan to.

I have a

-Pent D 830 (2*3.0GHz)

-1GB RAM at 533MHz

-Geforce 6700XL (overclocked 6600GT 128MB)

and this game runs like crap :cry: I have 18-25 fps outdoors and about 25-75 inside :D

but it's playable until I have to fight against like 5 persons, then it's really really crappy...