In an age svelte consoles, tablets, handhelds and smartphones that usually inhabit the pages of T3, the Brag Carnelian stands out. It’s an oddity, a heavily priced one at that – so much so that If you were to work out its cost, it could fetch you two Tata Nanos. Yes, in these heavy times rising hardware prices, 99 – cent apps and exponentially cheaper consoles, it seems like an awful extravagance.
Then you switch it on, and fire up. The Elder Scrolls V.Skyrim in all its high – res glory. All those pricing concerns melt away. As good as the game was on slightly inferior devices, you can’t help but feel that the most intricate of details gave seemingly come alive. Water looks real enough to take a bath in, the fireballs spewed by the game’s iconic dragins seems to singe on each touch. An hour in and we can’t believe we actually settled for playing it on anything less.
In a way it’s unsurprising. Chance upon the specs and you’ll realise that this is a brute of a system. It ploughed through heavy hitters like indie PC – killer Hard Reset, our favourite post – apocalyptic shooter, Metro 2033 and Batman Arkham City without a hitch at a glorious 2560×1440 resolution with all the bells and whistles turned on. Thanks to the liquid cooling it wasn’t too noisy either.
The Carnelian isn’t exactly the most cost – effective solution to complement the fact that PC games are as cheap as they are and yes, you can build a discontinuing their Aurora desktop range in the country, you’re short of options for a branding gaming rig.
Having said that, if you’re an enthusiast with money to burn, you can’t go wrong with Brag’s latest.
Price: 1,85,000 Rs
Specifications
- Processor: Intel Core i7 3930K@ 3.2 GHz, Liquid cooled
- Memory / Storage: 16GB DDR3/120GB SSD, 2TB HDD
- Optical Drive: Blu – ray writer
- GPU: AMD Radeon HD7970, 3GB
- Connectivity: N Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HDMI, DVI, USB 3.0
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