you aren't going to see much from alienware for 900 dollars that's going to really push the gaming envelope... Their 859 dollar aurora system has a DECENT athlon 64 3000+ chip... but they skimp a LOT on memory (256 meg) and video card (6200). That's downright horrid.
You could build that exact system minus the nifty alienware case for about 450 dollars.
If you insist on getting a prebuilt take a look at the Dell XPS 400... It's not THAT great but comes with a 3.2Ghz P4, 512 meg memory (twice the alienware) and an X300 video card (not great but at least as good or better than the 6200)... And it's only $950. And it comes with a Dell 17" LCD monitor for free right now.
You could build that one for about 550 or so, but you'd also have to pay about 200 for the monitor, so it's a decent deal. Plus you get the dell support/warranty which has always been great.
You could build that exact system minus the nifty alienware case for about 450 dollars.
If you insist on getting a prebuilt take a look at the Dell XPS 400... It's not THAT great but comes with a 3.2Ghz P4, 512 meg memory (twice the alienware) and an X300 video card (not great but at least as good or better than the 6200)... And it's only $950. And it comes with a Dell 17" LCD monitor for free right now.
You could build that one for about 550 or so, but you'd also have to pay about 200 for the monitor, so it's a decent deal. Plus you get the dell support/warranty which has always been great.