PCs with the cards already installed were available from system builders such as Alienware, Dell, and Falcon Northwest.

For example, high-performance computers from Alienware (www.alienware.com) and Falcon Northwest (www.falcon-nw.com) command premium prices, as much as twice the price of workaday systems.

Established in 1986, its major customers include custom boutique PC manufacturers such as Alienware and Falcon Northwest.

There, it finds itself in the company of other specialty manufacturers - Alienware, Voodoo PC and Falcon Northwest.

Falling between Alienware's low-priced aesthetic and Voodoo's sky's-the-limit approach are Falcon Northwest and Hypersonic.

Falcon Northwest, a personal computer manufacturing company, has been operating in Medford since 2002.

In 1993 Falcon Northwest bought out Bay Engineering, who served CAD application users, and continued to serve those customers for several years.

Falcon Northwest maintains one facility located in Medford, Oregon, and it chooses not to outsource any of its operations.

The Mach V models were built with components that Falcon Northwest believed to offer the highest performance in PC games.

For customers looking for something a little more personal, Falcon Northwest provides custom professionally-painted cases.