Ram is about $10 per GB at the mo. And an 8800GT can be gotten for about $130. CPU doesn't seem to play as big factor these days. If your willing to spend $150 every 2-3 years you can keep up with the games and keep the visuals ramped up.
I'm on a 3 year of video card, and it's only now that it's starting to show its age.
Consoles these days arent what they used to be and often have slowdown when the game gets busy, Before this gen most games were expected to run at 60fps or people would complain. These days some console games have timing set to 30 and still get slowdown and being console games, often you can't adjust the settings to sacrifice something like AA in favour of a few extra FPS.
I'm on a 3 year of video card, and it's only now that it's starting to show its age.
Consoles these days arent what they used to be and often have slowdown when the game gets busy, Before this gen most games were expected to run at 60fps or people would complain. These days some console games have timing set to 30 and still get slowdown and being console games, often you can't adjust the settings to sacrifice something like AA in favour of a few extra FPS.