I bought SH4 on pre-order and had it the day of its release. I installed it, started a new mission and was dismayed that I got 5spf (5 seconds per frame). The game was unplayable on my machine

. The only game I actually wanted to play was SH4, so I saved up and ten months later, in December I bought myself a new PC, so that cost about US $2000 at the exchange rates of the time.
Because it took me so long to get a PC capable of playing it, that's why I'm asking all the stupid questions now and not a year ago.