The Phantom Console actually exists!

[UnatcoAgent]

100 megs - lots of UT2K4 footage at the end

Kind of flimsy design, and the guy is a sleeze ball.

 

[ElFenix]

if it's a phantom then it doesn't really exist. that is why it is a phantom.

 

[SynthDude2001]

¿

 

[Yossarian]

I saw that at E3 and haven't heard a word since. Did they have their "August" announcement that Mr. Sleazy Salesman was talking about? That angled keyboard is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: Yossarian
I saw that at E3 and haven't heard a word since. Did they have their "August" announcement that Mr. Sleazy Salesman was talking about? That angled keyboard is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

Yeah the interface is pretty boourns.

 

[amdforever2]

Hmm.....

neat

:-D

bad angled keyboard idea though


starcraft........in high def?

hmm

 

[yoda291]

Originally posted by: amdforever2
Hmm.....

neat

:-D

bad angled keyboard idea though


starcraft........in high def?

hmm

your monitor should already be putting out high def starcraft. considering the game only does like 800x600 IIRC.

 

[Anubis]

looks nice but august has come and gone and no word, looks cool tho but 25$ a month for 2 years is insane

 

[yoda291]

Originally posted by: Anubis
looks nice but august has come and gone and no word, looks cool tho but 25$ a month for 2 years is insane

you can buy it outright supposedly for 200 bux tho

I have a soldering iron and slackware daring them to show.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Anubis
looks nice but august has come and gone and no word, looks cool tho but 25$ a month for 2 years is insane

you can buy it outright supposedly for 200 bux tho

I have a soldering iron and slackware daring them to show.

yes but after yo ubut it for 200$ you still gotta pay the 25$ for every month you want to use it and then pay for the games at normal retail prices

 

[imported_KirbsAw]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Anubis
looks nice but august has come and gone and no word, looks cool tho but 25$ a month for 2 years is insane

you can buy it outright supposedly for 200 bux tho

I have a soldering iron and slackware daring them to show.

yes but after yo ubut it for 200$ you still gotta pay the 25$ for every month you want to use it and then pay for the games at normal retail prices

I agree with you, its a load of crap.

 

[PCTweaker5]

Imbedded 5700 GPU? THAT SUX!!!

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: PCTweaker5
Imbedded 5700 GPU? THAT SUX!!!

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Captain_Howdy

Originally posted by: PCTweaker5
Imbedded 5700 GPU? THAT SUX!!!

the Xbox is useing something very similar to that

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Captain_Howdy

Originally posted by: PCTweaker5
Imbedded 5700 GPU? THAT SUX!!!

the Xbox is useing something very similar to that

Yeah but by the way the guy was describing the system, it is just a PC that is castrated to only work when communicating with their server. Yes I know the XBox is also a castrated PC but they actually have developers making code specifically for the XBox where as this thing is going to be running PC games pretty much off the shelf.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Captain_Howdy

Originally posted by: PCTweaker5
Imbedded 5700 GPU? THAT SUX!!!

the Xbox is useing something very similar to that

Xbox uses the "geForce 3-1/2" - believe it's a gF3 with an extra vertex unit.

It's fitting that the Phantom chooses the crappiest core of late (according to the AT postmortem review) for the crappiest console of late. 😀

- M4H

 

[PCTweaker5]

Why do they even bother if they are gonna throw in a POS GPU? They should have at least made it a 5900. Maybe they'll hold of for a while and make it a 6800 or 6600. HAHA yeah right.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

What a joke. 24 months x $30/mo = $720, plus the cost of games? (Not to mention that, oh, by the way, the company just might go out of business, and take the service with them, along with your money.) What moron would buy that, instead of an XBox and/or PC?

 

[bandana163]

I still think it's just a scam...
The Hardocp articles were 'interesting".

 

[yoda291]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Anubis
looks nice but august has come and gone and no word, looks cool tho but 25$ a month for 2 years is insane

you can buy it outright supposedly for 200 bux tho

I have a soldering iron and slackware daring them to show.

yes but after yo ubut it for 200$ you still gotta pay the 25$ for every month you want to use it and then pay for the games at normal retail prices

Did ya miss the soldering iron...or the slackware? I wanna see if I can hack it apart and make a pc out of it...just for the hell of it.

 

[PCFetish]

I want the keyboard!

 

[Lonyo]

Remember it's only going to be outputting to TV, and most people have crappy TV's, so you only need 640x480 for most people, which a 5700 could handle.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: yoda291


I have a soldering iron and slackware daring them to show.

lol...now that's sig material ladies and gentlemen :thumbsup:

 

[amdforever2]

link to that postmortem AT article?

 

[FleshLight]

You guys have to keep in mind that it's outputting to a tv. TV hides many of the intricate details your monitor shows. It also gives you free antialiasing. That means the card can run most games in low/medium detail at a lower resolution so I guess the 5700 is sort of logical.