Have you heard of those games that play just fine on an old computer but then get the fan going at its fastest on a Falcon? It's as if it doesn't want to use any of its retro power to get moving. You guys were saying I was depressing talking about fans and overheating, so I went out and bought a 2000 dollar gaming machine.

On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 13:59:46 -0700 (PDT), "Pr. Mandrake"
<jfwaldby@gmail.com> wrote:

>Have you heard of those games that play just fine on an old computer but
>then get the fan going at its fastest on a Falcon? It's as if it doesn't
>want to use any of its retro power to get moving. You guys were saying I
>was depressing talking about fans and overheating, so I went out and
>bought a 2000 dollar gaming machine.

Does Falcon Northwest even still exist as a going concern?

(a quick Google says yes)

I remember drooling over their advertisments in gaming magazines in
the later 90s and early 200s. Their products were stylish and fast
machines worthy of any gamer... or at least, any gamer who had more
money than sense. Because those products were never worth the price
they charged; you could usually build your own PC that out-performed
Falcon Northwest rigs for half the price.

Of course, your homebuilt PCs never looked half as nice. But "real
gamers" always put performance ahead of appearance anyway. ;-)

At one point, I actually considered buying a Falcon PC, just because I
was getting tired of doing all the work myself. But as pretty as
their products were, they usually offered less value than than their
competitors (as I recall, Alienware - back before they were owned by
Dell - were more expensive, but higher end; Cyberpower was cheaper but
had similar performance. But Falcon PCs definitely were the least
garish of the lot).

As for fans... is that really an issue? Isn't everyone using Noctuas
or BeSilents? Even at maximum load, I can barely hear any noise from
my PCs. (Well, the modern ones anyway; my Win9x and WinXP-era
computers are deafening). If FalconNW machines are that noisy, it's
just more evidence of how poorly designed they've become, and why it's
better just to build your own. ;-)

On Friday, April 7, 2023 at 8:29:25 PM UTC-5, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 13:59:46 -0700 (PDT), "Pr. Mandrake"
> <jfwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Have you heard of those games that play just fine on an old computer but
> >then get the fan going at its fastest on a Falcon? It's as if it doesn't
> >want to use any of its retro power to get moving. You guys were saying I
> >was depressing talking about fans and overheating, so I went out and
> >bought a 2000 dollar gaming machine.
> Does Falcon Northwest even still exist as a going concern?
>
> (a quick Google says yes)
>
> I remember drooling over their advertisments in gaming magazines in
> the later 90s and early 200s. Their products were stylish and fast
> machines worthy of any gamer... or at least, any gamer who had more
> money than sense. Because those products were never worth the price
> they charged; you could usually build your own PC that out-performed
> Falcon Northwest rigs for half the price.
>
> Of course, your homebuilt PCs never looked half as nice. But "real
> gamers" always put performance ahead of appearance anyway. ;-)
>
> At one point, I actually considered buying a Falcon PC, just because I
> was getting tired of doing all the work myself. But as pretty as
> their products were, they usually offered less value than than their
> competitors (as I recall, Alienware - back before they were owned by
> Dell - were more expensive, but higher end; Cyberpower was cheaper but
> had similar performance. But Falcon PCs definitely were the least
> garish of the lot).
>
> As for fans... is that really an issue? Isn't everyone using Noctuas
> or BeSilents? Even at maximum load, I can barely hear any noise from
> my PCs. (Well, the modern ones anyway; my Win9x and WinXP-era
> computers are deafening). If FalconNW machines are that noisy, it's
> just more evidence of how poorly designed they've become, and why it's
> better just to build your own. ;-)

The computer is doing pretty good. It plays many of the games I had put off until
later. Fallout 4, Mafia 3, etcetera. It doesn't do well with Heroes 5 Might and Magic,
like something is clunky in it. It was definitely an upgrade.