Or, you could always drop by the PC Perspective Hardware Leaderboard, where the midrange will run you about $800 and the high end about $1300.
“Realistically, for $900 US this is a very impressive gaming system, and while it will be capable of playing the latest games, keep in mind that the visual settings will need to be reduced in some areas. That said, games such as Company of Heroes and Unreal Tournament 3 played in all their glory without a problem at 1440×900 (19” LCD widescreen resolution). Games such as Crysis and World in Conflict did run best using medium quality settings, but even so these games still look impressive using these settings.”Here are some more Systems articles from around the web:
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