Which Alienware PC to buy for gaming?

Hey mstch,

There's a few factors that goes into this decision. What size screen would you like to have? If size isn't a factor, is maximum resolution (some screens only do 720p while larger ones will get upwards of 4K)?

To minimize load times you'll want an SSD. The nVidia GTX960M that is the minimum in the current Alienware systems will handle Heroes and Generals in 1080p fine (high 50s-low 60s in average FPS) with all the bells & whistles, based off the benchmarks I could find.

8GB will probably do you fine, but upgrade to 16GB if you want to do a little "future proofing." That being said you can add RAM later to your system (so start with 8GB & upgrade to 16GB later on).

Hope this helps!

Another thing you can try is the Alienware Alpha.  It has an overclocked Nvidia GTX 860m with 2GB Vram.  Also the newer ones have a 1TB 7200rpm HDD.  I'm not sure about the game you mentioned because I can't play FPS games but you can always go on the Alienware site and take a look.  Its going to be the cheapest Alienware available.  

I received my fully loaded Alienware 17 after waiting for three weeks.  It's a brick right out of the box.  Dell support asked me to patiently wait three weeks for a replacement.  Consider that before you make your purchase.