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On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 03:38:43 -0600, Tanzen <waldby...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On 6/30/2013 10:24 AM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
>> On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 09:57:13 -0600, Adam Russell
>> <adamrussell52@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/30/2013 9:54 AM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 06:47:05 -0600, Tanzen <waldby...@yahoo.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Whoever said that is extremely prone to exaggeration.
>>>>
>>>> Huh?  I assume this is some sort of troll attempt but I'll feed it
>>>> anyway.
>>>>
>>>> The 450 was AT BEST a midrange card when it was announced. I saw one
>>>> review where it struggled to get 52fps in Far Cry 2, three years after
>>>> the game was released.  The 8800GTX I had in my system back then did
>>>> better than that.
>>>>
>>>> That's the market Nvidia was targeting with the card.  They already
>>>> had faster cards out at the upper end before this was released. What
>>>> makes you think it was ever meant to be a high-end card?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe he was going the other way
>>
>> Possibly but I assumed not, because in another thread he is asking for
>> advice on games that won't tax his 450, and he worded his question
>> such that he seems to believe his 450 is typical for PC gaming
>> performance.
>>
>
>You guys are probably right.  I bought a computer 2.5 years ago and it 
>came with a 315.  I'd like to think I didn't get screwed.

You probably didn't get screwed, since it's unlikely you paid what a
high-end gaming system would cost.

I personally think there is just as much value to be achieved by
buying at the high-end with a little planning, for example going much
longer between upgrades and reselling the old gear on the used market
to offset the cost of the new.  It works out to only a little more
than buying low-to-mid range and upgrading more frequently, and you
get a lot more enjoyment from the games in the meantime.