I&#x27;ve seen this idea expressed multiple times in this thread, and wonder how it is that HN users&#x27; are so out of touch with the gaming crowd.<p>Almost all serious PC gamers I&#x27;ve ever known upgrade their graphics cards every 9 - 18months. Very few serious gamers keep a gaming rig untouched for 2 years.<p>Also the comments about a screen or a graphics card being used for more than gaming. Again, sorry, but most hardcore gamers have a gaming rig for gaming, and will use a phone&#x2F;tablet&#x2F;laptop for their more casual usage. They generally dislike cluttering up their primary machine with office productivity apps, etc.<p>It&#x27;s a false comparison. It&#x27;s like someone owning a car for track racing, and saying: &quot;yeah, the seats are expensive, but they will be useful when driving down to the shops to pick up some milk&quot;. Absurd. Sure, people might drive their road legal track car to a car show, or a garage, or a parts shop, or their friends, from time to time, but that&#x27;s part of the hobby experience - not used as a justification for the parts&#x2F;modification.