Originally Posted by basti
Low end:
E8400
Gefore 9600 GT
2 GB Ram
Mid:
Q9550
GTX 280
4 GB Ram
High:
Some Fancy I7 or I5
GTX 480 and Above
8 GB Ram.
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This is more or less what I would have quoted. I think mid-range 400 series nVidia GPUs (450's, 460's) are probably slipping back to mid-range, and will be solidly considered "nice" mid-range cards by the time PS2 ships -- they can already be had for ~$125, and more 600's will drive the prices on 500's down in the next 6 months.
Core 2's are aging, but probably a good target benchmark for right on the border between low-end and mid-grade due to a combination of age and their amazing performance for their age.
My only criticism is that it might not be outrageous to consider 4GB RAM "low", particularly if one isn't concerned with supporting XP systems (if the game is DX10 only, for instance). I rarely see systems built for Vista or 7 with less than 4GB.
One thing people have been omitting, though -- what do we consider low/mid/high for video RAM? Is it safe to call 512MB video RAM "low" now? High is probably >= 2GB.