how much would it cost to make a computer more powerfull than a next gen console?

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For your computer, and for higher resolutions, you may want to look at getting a GTX260 216 or 4870 1gb and another 2gb of RAM.

A feature that you don't notice on consoles is that they blur the backgrounds since they can't display that much quality at once. That feature on a PC makes the image look like poo.

Once again, you can't really compare the two. A big screen TV is big size wise, but the resolution is at most probably 1920xwhatever. I run games on my 40" 1080p TV on all full settings without any problems. And they look 10x better than their console counterparts.

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I think there is an analog vs. digital difference here. The console tends to send a signal that can be stretched, where as the computer sends one that can be defined do the very pixel. I am obviously not educated in this matter, but the console doesn't convert the image (via video) while it is optimized to run on any mode given in HDMI at the same settings.

Now, computers however, are different and waaaaay better looking. I played Halo the other day on my HDTV, and I wanted to just turn it off because of how laggy and ugly the picture was compared to CSS on my computer.

Also, GOW looks like a winner on PC too, PC games will always look sharper.

And console games will always be sort of laggy like that, because they are given that hardware and nothing else, all the companies can do is just code the thing and optimize it different.

More reliable? Since when? Unlike PCs, comcoles don't need upgrading every two years in order to play the newest games. If you bought an Xbox360 when it came out, guess what? You can STILL play the newest games, even though it's older. PCs? If I bought or built a PC 3 years ago, spent 500 bucks, then that PC would have a hard time playing games that have just been released this year, so, you have to go out, and plunk down another bit of cash for the new GPU.

Don't get me wrong. I love both Cosole and PC gaming(thus why I'm upgrading the PC). I simply disagree with this "Holier Than Thou" attitiude most PC gamers have towards Consoles. Heck, look at the PS2. If you bought one when it came out, and took good care of it, it would easily last 5 years(mine has lasted even longer XD). And, from the Ps2's creation, all the way to now, as they STILL make games for it, that same system still doesn't need an upgrade. That is a HUGE leg up on the PC gamer, who would have had to upgrade at LEAST once. Sure, the PS2's graphics aren't anywhere near the PC's, but the PS2 has a LOT of the best games out right now.

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...ahhh.... your entire first point is moot. Sure, you can play a "new" game on a 3yr old console.... because you are playing a game made for 3yr old hardware. Your PC can also play games designed for 2-3 generation old hardware as well. Thank the console for holding back the graphics.

Holding it back? Last time I checked, at best, the only thing that might be getting held back, is the Console. PC developers are MORE than welcome to design games that actually use PC system's potential, but they don't.

And if games were being held back, why is it that a game released at the beginning of a console cycle(Let's say, Oni, for PS2) has NOTHING in the way of graphics, compared to a game later in the console's life?(Soul Calibur 3, Tekken 5, Xenosaga, Black, Persona).

The idea that games are being held back by consoles is completely invalid. PC developer's simply don't care about actually pushing the envelope in this regard, besides the devs of Crysis. How many games have been made, solely for the PC, by PC devs? And how many of those games surpass 360 graphics by enough to actually matter to anyone besides the videophiles? And better yet, even though the graphics don't LOOK much better, you're STILL having to upgrade your pc system, to play the newest games!

And let's face it. Halo 3 is pretty much every bit as much fun as Crysis,(unless you're just obsessed with having a keyboard, but that's a different discussion, I think), even though Crysis' graphics are sooo much better. And, quite honestly, the graphics on Crysis aren't that much better than games such as Halo 3, or GoW. I've seen all three, and the honest truth is that while playing the game, you don't usually notice the fact that this tree looks a little more lifelike, or this plant reacts a little differently.

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I think so too.
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Are you blind? I was the first person to get Halo 3 so I'm behind Halo 3 100%, but if you think that Halo 3 matches Crysis in graphics you must be off your head. I'm also talking about the detail that you see while playing the game normally, without having to look hard to see the difference in quality.

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Sins of a Solar Empire, Civilization 3, any MMORPG, Audio-Surf, Age of Empires (specifically the 3rd one), Empire Total War...

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Wait, what? Which one? If you're meant that Crysis is around Halo 3's level, you obviously haven't seen Crysis properly maxed. Also, Halo 3's distance rendering sucks (entire objects get nicked at long range).