Regardless of its application scores, Maingear made the Prelude a highly capable gaming PC. It outperforms every other midrange gaming PC we've reviewed this year on both our Unreal Tournament 3 test and our Crysis test, and at every resolution. Its 40.7 frames per second on Crysis at 1,280x1,024-pixel resolution is definitely within the realm of playable, even if it's short of the 60fps ideal. We expect that the Prelude will be able to play most games that come out this year smoothly and with respectable image quality.