CONTENTS
Section	Article	Page
editorial	Heavy Metal: Attack of the Orbs	6
news	A real fantasy: Creating Final Fantasy	8
	Tingling with anticipation: Chip releases. The real smart shader: ATI's Smartshader	9
	Run for the hills: Code Red worm Making Max What's HOT What's NOT	10
quiz	SETI solved: SETI quiz answers	11
technica obscura	Proving MP3s aren't the root of all evil: The truth behind MP3s	12
z-access	The joy of DirectX: Direct and to the point	14
ground zero	To USB or not to USB	16
hot box	This issue's Hot Boxes: Leo's vented fury Chris' control freak	18
	Reag's Mambox Bob's Monkey box	19
feature	HyperTransport: AMD's new I/O standard	22
	Bitboys unplugged	26
subscription	Win Boston Acoustics BA7500 speakers	30
	1 year of atomic@home for only $39	31
x-ray	Inside the Game Boy Advance.	32
feature	Meltdown: Heatsink fan round-up - Alpha PAL6035 Cooler Master CS-CMDP56H51 Cooler Master CS-CMEP56151 E-CompuVision CVChill GlobalWIN FNP-50 GlobalWIN FOP 32-1 GlobalWIN FOP-38 GlobalWIN WBK38 PowerCooler PCH137 ThermalRight SK6 Thermaltake Dragon Orb 3 Thermaltake Mini Copper Orb Thermaltake Mini Super Orb Thermaltake Super Orb Thermaltake Volcano II ThermoSonic V60-4210 ThermoEngine Vantec HSF	36
head to head	Ball Grip: Mousing surfaces - The Wooden Desk Generic Mousepads Belkin Waverest Gel EverGlide fUnc sUrface1030	46
reviews	The Athlon's Achilles Heel	52
	atomic benchmarks	54
	Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz	56
	Dual Cold Cathode Light kit	57
	Radeon VE 32MB DDR video card	58
	3DPower Nemesis MX400 video card	60
	Seagate Barracuda 180 HDD	61
	Cartoon monitor covers MPZOO HVC-100E Exonion MP3 player	62
	Boston Acoustics BA7500 speakers	63
	Rome II MP3 player AOpen DRW4624 DVD/CD-RW drive	64
	MSI K7T Turbo-R Ltd Edition motherboard	65
	Maxtor 3000DV HDD PC Case Mods skinned cases	68
	D-Link DWL-120 USB and DWL-1000AP wireless LAN	69
	Intel Pocket Concert MP3 player TDV VeloCD FE-161040 CD-RW drive	70
games	Stumbling across the Finnish line	72
	Max Payne	74
	Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates	77
	Diablo II: Lord of Destruction	78
	Sonic Adventure 2	79
i/o	l337 TrOubleshOOtxOr	80
subscription	Win Boston Acoustics BA7500 speakers	84
tutorial	Creating the GeForce3 Ultra	86
	Cool and quiet: Advanced case modding	88
post apocalypse	Spittin' chips	94
competitions	Free stuff is good stuff	96
atomic warehouse	Here's where you can turn the magic into reality.	97
fallout	The death of an Athlon	106