Recording Guitars

I'm still leaning towards recording the guitars direct. It seems to me that it's easier to get a decent tone on a budget. And there are so many good recording interfaces. I mean if we were playing through decent amps to start with, if I could afford to buy a Mesa, Soldano, or a JC-120 than yeah I would mic the amp with that Neumann you just bought. I'd just rather use digital modeling than mic a mediocre sounding amp. Do you have access to Amp Farm, Guitar Rig or Tone Port or something similar?