Falcon Northwest's portable FragBox 8500 gaming rig gets reviewed
By Darren Murph 
posted April 26th 2008 8:14PM
posted April 26th 2008 8:14PM
posted April 26th 2008 8:14PM
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Actually, there are two mail-in rebates $30 on the video and $50 on the memory, so the total comes down to $1200 or so (tax if in CA, is applied before the rebates). Not bad.
Ah the good ol' Fragbox... I remember when I was interested in buying one years ago.
that is quite possibly one of the most boring stories i've ever heard.
Wasn't supposed to be entertaining, but thank you for the input, ass.
i have honestly not laughed as much as i have had now...for like an eternity. (Chris's comment)
One time, at band camp, ...
-jp
Just add the strapping system to put your monitor on your back like a backpack along with your keyboard, mouse, etc. and you have the perfect thing to take to LANparties.....then everyone will laugh at you for the money you wasted.
Noob.
You could also spend $1000 more on a comparable laptop... which includes a monitor... err mod parent up?
Quick! Name 25 hot current-gen games you can play on this thing.
Now tell me why I need this for over $1k when my Xbox 360 does almost the same gaming for less than $400
PC gaming is so very 90s. Only nerds need apply.
you already answered yourself "Only nerds need apply."
I'm with ZeroCorpse on this one. Other than World of Warcraft, I can't think of any of today's games worth playing* that can't be done on one of the top consoles.
*And by "worth playing" I mean something beyond the 500th generic FPS clone released this year. And it's only freaking April! Sheesh!
You just keep telling yourselves that.
well its not out yet but soon to be starcraft 2.
Last I checked... The 360 COULDN'T play Crysis... *cough*
Hense why I am now selling my 360... Because the 360's wonderful 512MB DDR2 card doesn't not compate to the 2 9800GX2's, with 2 gigs DDR3, cards I have SLI'd...
Crysis?
I'll trade GTA IV and Mass Effect for that, any day. Mass Effect is one of those eye candy FPS games that I've got no interest in. If I wanted eye candy FPS, I could always play Halo 3 or Gears of War.
I'm not saying you shouldn't play ANY PC games, but that spending $1000 to do so is pretty idiotic. I still play PC games, but I don't bother upgrading to the latest-greatest hardware every time a new game comes out (like the aforementioned Crysis) because I've already learned that it's just not worth it... The expense doesn't equal the entertainment value.
And BTW, nobody managed to list those games, like I asked. So far, only three PC games were mentioned by responses, and one of those isn't even out yet.
Fact is, there's AREN'T 30 good, new PC-exclusive games on the market right now. The market is filled with a ton of Sims clones and cheapsoft parlor games, a bajillion bad clones of Quake and Warcraft, and the glut of MMORPGs, which all pretty much suck.
I still fire up the PC to play some older games. Deus Ex. Warlords II Deluxe. Neverwinter Nights (all of them). But I haven't seen anything new or unique on the shelves in a long time, and the 360 is making me quite satisfied as a gamer-- And I've been a gamer since 1976 when I got my first PONG console. I saw better games on the Commodore 64 in the 1980s (during the supposed "video game crash") than I do now in the PC realm.
And then there's just the general SUCK of PC games. I have to install a half-dozen discs. I have to enter in a 42-character keycode. I have to keep the manual on-hand so I don't lose that keycode. I have to update my drivers, then upgrade my video card, then figure out why the copy protection scheme is making the game crash to the desktop even though it's a legitimate retail purchase.
By the time you get to the game on the PC, a modern console will have you playing and well past the tutorial, at least. --And with no copy protection bullshit to deal with, either.
When they get PC games to the point where I can just PLAY, and not have to bother with all that annoying non-playing junk prior to getting the game running, I'll reconsider PC gaming as being capable of reclaiming the throne. Right now, however, just the presence of the copy protection schemes on PC games makes them inferior to console games.
Maybe you enjoy the hassles before getting to play a game. I don't.
Perhaps if I buy one of their systems then their flash-based site won't seem so slow.
Starting to like this site better than Gizmodo. Much more relaxed with the comments. Sure it comes at a cost, but coming here from Gizmodo is like walking out of a stuffy room.
I'm came here after I realized Gizmodo just takes the info straight from sites like Engadget. Why not go straight to the source? Oh, and I got kicked off the boards because I laughed when they called themselves journalists.
I love how all you have to do is mention "gaming computer" and the MAC fanboys stay home :-) It's so nice to go through over 50 comments without them commenting.. (yes I realize that me bringing it up makes it no longer unmentioned...)
My MBP runs games very well thank you very much.
You're bigotry is unnecessary.
I'm seriously not a fanboy (using XP as we speak), but it's funny how you negated your own comment, in the same comment at that! now that's skill!
I couldn't care less about the box! I want the floppy/reader combo!
It would even better if it was a LS-120/240 drive, then I can write 32MB to all those floppy disks I still have!
We all know the floppy drive is to copy games! And Mac's have games too! Just watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xfqkdh5Js4
OK. I have a MacPro/8800GT/2TB/4GB/Vista x64 & OS X 10.5.2 & it plays Crysis like a dream (40fps average on High). Oh & I can edit full HD without rendering the footage in Final Cut, Run a full Pro-Tools HD system, & BLEND! shit but I cant install Doom. No floppy drive. I guess my mac could never compete with a "gaming PC"
yeah but the Mac doesn't have a sweet "Skull of Fragging Doom" on the front either.
That's an $85 value right there!
I would make a serious point about how a Mac can't handle EAX effects, but since Vista screwed that up it's not quite as relevant now.
That's awesome, I honestly wish I could have that setup- but how much did it cost? at this point in my life, an extra 2 grand in the bank is more important to me than osx. That said, I've been windows free for almost 5 years now, and I just sold my MBP to build my own home theatre/gaming pc. huzzah!
I think it's pretty hideous. But I've never actually been to a lan party in my life. And I'm pretty sure that if I ever did go to one, this would make people consider me elite.
Lately, everyone has just gotten to be so FRIENDLY in comments!
(sarcasm, in case you missed it)