Well . he is technically not totally wrong . Dev ' s do target the most common denominator when optimizing their games . or at least the good ones do . They are not targeting the highend or lowend PC they are targeting the average PC , so they can sell their games in big numbers . So , as people buy better stuff Dev ' s feel more comfortable pushing their games further . This is a slow and passively creeping process though and ONE guy more buying a high end PC won ' t matter in the big picture so this is a dumb thing to say to someone . Especially someone who buys their first PC usually won ' t go all out on it . i would not recommend to buy cheap budget crap that will be outdated in a year or two , that will just leave a bad first impression , but i also wouldn ' t tell a new PC gamer to buy pricey enthusiast gear because they have no comparison and can ' t appreciate the subtle differences in quality anyway .