3dfx on Falcon deal

3dfx has announced that Falcon Northwest has selected the Voodoo5 5500 AGP 64MB board as the graphics card for certain computer configurations and the default graphics card on all "Build To Order" machines. Anybody ever seen one of Falcon Northwest's machines in action or own one? They sound nice but bloody expensive! :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Skotty Flynn "skotty20" Nascar-Racing-Sims.Com: http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com The Ultimate Sim Racing Directory: http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/directory/ The Garage Area Discussion Forums: http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi

I have one, originally a 200MMX, upgraded to PIII 550, 128 MB Ram, etc. Yes it cost more, but when I read all the complaints of this or that sim won't run, I have some satisfaction, because mine does not have those problems. GPL, F-1 2000, Jane's F-18, F-4.0 all run smoothly. Falcon-NorthWest's technical support is different and vastly superior to what we usually see. During the first year, If something is wrong that they can't fix over the phone, they pay for Fed Ex to pick up the machine, fly it back to Oregon, and fly it back to you. My first one had some problems, they did that; I had it back in a week. When you call, you are not put on hold, you leave a voice mail message and then a call back. I just messed up the bios setup in installing a bigger hard drive, and Ira, (who built my machine) called me back and patiently went through the set up settings, line by line. He then asked if there was anything else he could help me with. The components that Falcon-Northwest installs are tested and first rate, and they "burn in" new or upgraded computers for 90 hours. That's what you're paying for; to me it's worth it. Bill Yowell Skotty Flynn wrote:

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> 3dfx has announced that Falcon Northwest has selected the Voodoo5 5500 > AGP 64MB board as the graphics card for certain computer > configurations and the default graphics card on all "Build To Order" > machines. > > Anybody ever seen one of Falcon Northwest's machines in action or own > one? They sound nice but bloody expensive! :) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Skotty Flynn > "skotty20" > Nascar-Racing-Sims.Com: > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com > The Ultimate Sim Racing Directory: > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/directory/ > The Garage Area Discussion Forums: > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi

My Falcon will be here in about a week. When I heard about the V5 problems with GPL I was concerned. I was able to send them the CD, 1.2 patch, links to GPL websites, along with some notes and they said there technicians will handle the rest. Very nice... The conversation regarding the hardware lasted well over an hour with all my options being explained to me in great detail. They see to know what customer service is all about and work to get you a rig that fits your budget. I am looking forward to my new PC. Dave "William Yowell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I have one, originally a 200MMX, upgraded to PIII 550, 128 MB Ram, etc. > Yes it cost more, but when I read all the complaints of this or that sim > won't run, I have some satisfaction, because mine does not have those > problems. GPL, F-1 2000, Jane's F-18, F-4.0 all run smoothly. > Falcon-NorthWest's technical support is different and vastly superior to > what we usually see. During the first year, If something is wrong that > they can't fix over the phone, they pay for Fed Ex to pick up the machine, > fly it back to Oregon, and fly it back to you. My first one had some > problems, they did that; I had it back in a week. When you call, you are > not put on hold, you leave a voice mail message and then a call back. I > just messed up the bios setup in installing a bigger hard drive, and Ira, > (who built my machine) called me back and patiently went through the set > up settings, line by line. He then asked if there was anything else he > could help me with. The components that Falcon-Northwest installs are > tested and first rate, and they "burn in" new or upgraded computers for 90 > hours. That's what you're paying for; to me it's worth it. > Bill Yowell > > Skotty Flynn wrote: > > > 3dfx has announced that Falcon Northwest has selected the Voodoo5 5500 > > AGP 64MB board as the graphics card for certain computer > > configurations and the default graphics card on all "Build To Order" > > machines. > > > > Anybody ever seen one of Falcon Northwest's machines in action or own > > one? They sound nice but bloody expensive! :) > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Skotty Flynn > > "skotty20" > > Nascar-Racing-Sims.Com: > > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com > > The Ultimate Sim Racing Directory: > > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/directory/ > > The Garage Area Discussion Forums: > > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi >

On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 10:53:56 GMT, "David Ciemny" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>My Falcon will be here in about a week. When I heard about the V5 problems >with GPL I was concerned. I was able to send them the CD, 1.2 patch, links >to GPL websites, along with some notes and they said there technicians will >handle the rest. Very nice... > >The conversation regarding the hardware lasted well over an hour with all my >options being explained to me in great detail. They see to know what >customer service is all about and work to get you a rig that fits your >budget. I am looking forward to my new PC.

What kind of system did u buy and how much did it cost? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Skotty Flynn "skotty20" Nascar-Racing-Sims.Com: http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com The Ultimate Sim Racing Directory: http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/directory/ The Garage Area Discussion Forums: http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi