not to bash you or anything, but I'd rather not have my games push high-end pc's all the way. It's costly enough keeping one's PC up to par to play all the recent PC games, I'd rather not see games come out that can only be played on less-than-a-year-old desktops. I like pretty graphics as much as the next guy, but I'd prefer to be able to keep my PC as-is for a couple of years at a time. I'm going to wait and see whether it is plausible for me to play ED without having to buy a new graphics chip, or whether I have to shell out some dough for the update. I've no quarrels about playing on low detail, as long as it's smooth enough.