The display? The strategy? Watching things blow each other up with rockets and lasers? The competition? The 3d ships?

If you had to choose between magnificent graphics and deep, engaging strategy, which would you prefer? I'm curious what others think.

Sins does a great job of meshing the two: I can only name a few other games which can come close to excellent in both respects. Personally, since my subpar computer can barely render Sins under the minimum settings, I care only about the numbers behind the game. I'd even be happy if everything was made 2d and the ships were little more than boxes.