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editorial
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This is atomic, maximum power computing. Have fun! |
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news
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Game over for 3dfx, as Nvidia crushes, kills and destroys. |
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McGee's Alice goes to Hollywood.
AMD's new go-fast Super Silicon. |
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Seagate's monster 180Gb Hard Drive.
LucasArts give up on PC for console.
IBM super-high resolution monitor.
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10 |
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Dreamcast Quake 3 gamers smacked down by elite PC players online.
Nike's MP3 for geeks on the go.
Optus bandwidth boost.
What's HOT What's NOT
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hot box
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This
issue's Hot
Boxes:
Adam Beadsmore's Strange 1
and Stewart Paternoster's Voodoo |
15 |
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news feature
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DirectX 8.0 |
16 |
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The VIA Cyrix III |
18 |
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feature
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The Beautiful Machine: PS2 |
22 |
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x-ray
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How DVD works |
30 |
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reviews
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The way we do the things we do:
How atomic tests the gear you may end up buying.
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32 |
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Creative Blaster PC. It's black. |
38 |
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The CLAW game controller |
39 |
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Pentium 4: Dell's 8100 screamer |
40 |
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Yamaha CRW2100EVK - CDR that can 'back up' anything
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42 |
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Logitech's iFeel Mouse. It vibrates. |
43 |
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Microsoft Strategic Commander |
43 |
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GeForce2 Ultra benchtested:
Creative's Annihilator 2, it's green.
Hercule's 3D Prophet II, it's blue.
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44 |
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feature
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Deathmatch! Pentium 4 RAMBUS vs. Athlon DDR |
46 |
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head to head
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Microsoft's Game Voice vs the free stuff |
52 |
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i/o
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Lie back, tell us your problems! |
54 |
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tutorial
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Overclocking the AMD Duron CPU. |
60 |
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Sharing broadband internet connections between users. |
68
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z-access
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The decline of 3dfx. |
70 |
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PC133? PC800? PC2100? PC Guff!
NV20 - packing the good stuff?
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71 |
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Legacy of the i850.
Can you SSE the difference?
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72 |
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competitions
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73 |
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games
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74 |
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Space Channel 5 |
76 |
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No One Lives Forever |
78 |
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Mechwarrior 4 |
79 |
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SSX |
80 |
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Combat Flight Simulator |
81 |
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Sacrifice |
83 |
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Counter-Strike |
86 |
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B-17 II: The Mighty Eighth |
88 |
atomic
warehouse
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"Where do I get it?" |
89 |
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fallout
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I3375P34K |
98 |
