Hello Nick,
I wish you were a higher-up at Epic ;) They seem to have pretty much the opposite attitude, and I get so worked-up every time I see a quote from "CliffyB" or any of the others...
I'm sorry to disappoint, but gaming is the only case where building to the latest hardware has any rational justification. That said, build to scale all the way down is also a good idea, but I have no problem with games that use and need a nice system to run. Than again I'm not a gamer by any stretch.
