@francisismyhero: u can't run dx11 with a gts250... it is only dx10 capable. @garcardo: I downloaded mine from steam (after I bought the retail copy) because it was faster than installing off of the disc... only 10 minutes to download. Time to upgrade ur intertubes. @baltim123: the game does "stutter" pretty badly when calculating ai turns. It happens because ur cpu is doing so many processes it cannot feed ur gpus. I'm running tri sli 480s and an i7 920 @ 4.4ghz and still have lag in between turns. it is the nature of the beast @francelot: that's a pretty solid rig for the money. get that sucker watercooled and u wont need an upgrade for a while except for the gpu (that is if u want dx11 capability) @people saying console > pc. Console will always be more affordable than pc. Pc gaming is a luxury. Anyone who says it's not is clearly lying to themselves. To build a true to form gaming pc you're looking at over $6000. Granted that $6000 pc is apx 20x faster than an xbox 360 or ps3 with floating point calculations. Anyone who disagrees I would like you to look at which gpu ur gaming system uses. The xbox one is based off of the ATi R600 chip and the ps3 one is based off of the nvidia 8000 series gpu. They are both garbage compared to top end pc gfx cards. pick urself up 3 or 4 gtx 480s and u will never say that console is better again. A pc with the same specs as an xbox360 or ps3 will only score p4000-6000 on 3dmark vantage. High end gaming computers hit p45000.