I love AcesHigh. In every way except graphics it is a leader in the WW2 MMO Air Combat Sim market.
I have a vice that I don't tell AcesHigh about, called Wings of Prey
This is AcesHigh in comparision on a 14 month old $800 machine
I get the same FrameRate from both AcesHigh and Wing of Prey (Released 16th March 2010)
Set at 1650x1050, 60fps, x4AA.
First up AcesHigh, it looks pretty good



Wings of Prey is next, and it's just pr0n.

AcesHigh deserves great visuals, but I can see how HTC could possibly be in a catch22.
If it did upgrade the eye candy, the guys on the older PCs would leave for a while or all together, losing them subsrciption income.
They did after all drop Orange and Blue for 1 MA, but if they neglect graphics they could fall much behind their competitors, losing them potential subscriptions from feeble eye candy hunters.
They have the resources according to Skuzzy to make the graphics better, sooo

I'm feeble and I want my eye candy