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Falcon Northwest Fragbook DRX

Specifications

Falcon Northwest Fragbook DRX
Falcon Northwest Fragbook DRX
Processor
Intel Core i7-920 4 x 2.7 - 2.9 GHz, Bloomfield
Graphics adapter
Display
17.00 inch 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel, glossy: yes
Weight
5.5 kg ( = 194.01 oz / 12.13 pounds) ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)
Price
2750 Euro
Sold in
Anglo-America

 

Pricecompare

Average Score: 65% - average
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)

Reviews for the Falcon Northwest Fragbook DRX

60% Falcon Northwest FragBook DRX 17-inch Gaming Laptop
Source: Comp Reviews English Archive.org version
The Falcon Northwest FragBook DRX is a 17-inch desktop replacement that can be painted virtually any color. Equipped with a powerful Intel Core i7-950 quad-core desktop processor, the FragBook DRX is quite fast, yet very heavy at 12.1 pounds. Unfortunately, the video card is a midrange model and the hard drive is way too small to command Falcon Northwest's $3,433 asking price.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/24/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%
70% Falcon Northwest Fragbook DRX
Source: PC Mag English Archive.org version
If you're shopping for a Falcon Northwest gaming laptop, there's no middle ground: Either go for broke or leave the website. Consider the Fragbook DRX ($6,449 direct, starting prices around $4,000); the money you'll have spent by the time you trick it out could avert several foreclosures. This 12-pound tank is one of only a handful of boutique laptops that have enough cooling fans to run a 3.33-GHz, Intel Core i7 975 processor—the top-of-the-line desktop processor, no less. The Falcon Northwest Fragbook DRX gaming laptop is priced out of this earth, and its performance numbers—earth-shattering.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/08/2009
Rating: Total score: 70%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M:

The GeForce GTX 280M is based on the G92b chip with all 128 pipelines and, as a result, shares more similarities to the desktop 9800 GTX+ than the desktop GTX 280. Regardless, the high clock rate makes the GTX 280M considerably faster than the 9800M GTX.

Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


920: » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


17.00":

This range for display formats was and is a rarity. It is larger than the general standard of 15 inches, but not yet in the range of large workstations. One usually has higher screen resolutions available, but portability suffers from that.

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


5.5 kg:

A laptop in this weight range is a heavyweight that you rarely carry around. This is meant for desktops and the devices tend to score with a large display and high performance and replace desktop devices.


Falcon Northwest: Falcon Northwest is a small US computer manufacturing company sinc 1992.


65%: Such a poor rating is rare. There are only a few notebooks that were rated even worse. The rating websites do not give a purchase recommendation here.


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