Actually games today are developed for cuting edge hardware, and in a lot of cases, run better on systems being released 6 moths after them.

A great example is Bioshock.. simply jaw dropping graphics in some cases better looking then poer renders, but it's targetted really for systems being purchased for christmas.

Heck some game machines now have more power then what some people are trying to run poser on.. LOL!

Believe me, I HATE having to buy a new system every 2 years.. because I ALSO have to get one for the wife as well. But I've been replacing computers now every 2 years for about 15 years now, and that's just what ya end up needing to do. I look at how many hours I use something, and even wiht buying systems this often, I always feel we well got outr money's worth from them.

And they are NOT uber expensive.. my wife's dual core athlon system with a 380 gig hd and all the bells n whistles cost under $500.

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.