Discover

[Monkeee]

DISCover (http://discoverconsole.com/)

THE NEW SUPER PC CONSOLE......... and its partnered with ALIENWARE!!!

does it look good? is it worth buying? :unsure:

[delphin460]

its no more than a glorefied xbox , just plays pc games

might be good for ppl with lots of pc games and are too lazy to turn on their pc

but you can compare it to alienware pc or any other top end pc at all

[BawA]

old news i have posted about it long time ago :lol:

[uNz[i]]

Heres the bottom line as far as I'm concerned...

Originally posted by DISCover FAQ
What is the expected price of the DISCover® going to be?
The price of the first DISCover® console from Apex Digital will be $399.

At least we won't have a long wait for the emulator. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Monkeee]

wait but are the specs going to be good?

since alienware is helping out? :smilie4:

[Cl1mh4224rd]

What are the approximate system specifications for the DISCover®?
The specs will be whatever DISCover’s manufacturing partners’ want them to be. For example, The ApeXtreme, DISCover®'s unit from Apex Digital will feature minimum specifications as follows: 256 MB of memory, an discrete 3D graphics processor, 1.6 GHz Pentium-class processor and 40 GB hard drive. Higher-end systems will add higher performance processors, more memory, more robust graphics processors and, potentially, many additional features (like DVR, DVD-writer, wireless, etc.)
What the hell is a "discrete 3D graphics processor" and "Pentium-class" processor?

Personally, I wouldn't touch this with a 10-foot pole. The whole thing relies on the availability an existence of their servers. If your internet connection is borked for a bit, you most likely can't play anything. Not only that, but if the company goes down, you're shit out of luck; you just got yourself a $400 paper-weight.

[Nightwolf]

Originally posted by Cl1mh4224rd@26 February 2004 - 04:50

What are the approximate system specifications for the DISCover®?
The specs will be whatever DISCover’s manufacturing partners’ want them to be. For example, The ApeXtreme, DISCover®'s unit from Apex Digital will feature minimum specifications as follows: 256 MB of memory, an discrete 3D graphics processor, 1.6 GHz Pentium-class processor and 40 GB hard drive. Higher-end systems will add higher performance processors, more memory, more robust graphics processors and, potentially, many additional features (like DVR, DVD-writer, wireless, etc.)
What the hell is a "discrete 3D graphics processor" and "Pentium-class" processor?

Personally, I wouldn't touch this with a 10-foot pole. The whole thing relies on the availability an existence of their servers. If your internet connection is borked for a bit, you most likely can't play anything. Not only that, but if the company goes down, you're shit out of luck; you just got yourself a $400 paper-weight.


I believe you're thinking of the Phantom, which is supposed to play games without any discs or cartridges. It'll just download them from the internet.

DISCover (what an awful name :x ) is going to play PC games from a CD. I'm not even sure if they have an internet connection.

Either way I think they're both going to suck.

[Evil Gemini]

yeah that "DISCover technology" sounds stupid to me.

So basically what it does is install the game to temp, when your finished with the game it deletes from temp :blink: ??

[mr. nails]

uuhhh, discover? all this is is the apextreme that's been out since NAM! they've just changed the name... ;)

[Neo 721]

Another gimic to raise funds. This is basicly what all console manufactuers will be developing in years to come, well when I say years i mean like 2 or so.

[Nightwolf]

Originally posted by mr. nails@26 February 2004 - 13:27
uuhhh, discover? all this is is the apextreme that's been out since NAM! they've just changed the name... ;)
It's been out since the Vietnam War?

[Cl1mh4224rd]

Originally posted by Nightwolf@26 February 2004 - 06:52
I believe you're thinking of the Phantom, which is supposed to play games without any discs or cartridges.  It'll just download them from the internet.

DISCover (what an awful name :x ) is going to play PC games from a CD.  I'm not even sure if they have an internet connection.
You're sort of right. However, DISCover does require scripts to be updated from the company's servers, in order to be able to "install" new games.


How Are The Scripts Updated?
Each time a new PC game is launched or about to be launched, your DISCover® console will use an Internet or phone connection to pull down the new script/s. It's a bit like the TiVo® model.

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Best parts, in my opinion:

Will I be able to play ANY PC game?
To ensure system reliability and stability of the DISCOver® console and the DISCOver® Arcade gaming network, every game will need to be certified by DISCover®. We hope that all game publishers will want to make certain that their titles are available to all of the DISCover® console customers. We expect to have 2004 games available when the product is launched, and ultimately to have thousands more certified.

Will the DISCover® play user-created mods?
Unless the mod is widely used, probably not.

Will the Apextreme be able to play Half-Life 2?
According to Gamespy who went up to Valve to check it out: "With all of these considerable graphical upgrades, we were pleased to hear that the minimum system specs are currently targeted at a 700 MHz PC with 128 MB RAM and a DX6-llevel video card, meaning you won't need a NASA supercomputer to run Half-Life 2."
Translation: Yeah, it'll run... but it'll look like the original Half-Life.