My 2 cents is that I care more about game play and new GVs/AC than "improved" graphics.  I also care about frame rate.  There are other games out there which emphasize graphics, usually at the cost of plausible flight / vehicle models.  Their rationale is that the majority of naive users will never notice so long as the graphics are snazzy-looking, and they are probably right, unfortunately.  Let's not go down that road.  
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MH