Issue 19


Issue 19	THE WORLD'S COOLEST COMPUTERS	August 02

CONTENTS
Section	Article	Page
editorial	The heat is on	6
news	C for graphics: NVIDIA's Cg language	8
	i-Burst with anticipation	8
	Mount Rainier - aka EasyWrite	9
	The Driving Force: ATI Catalyst unified drivers	9
	Palladium XP	10
	Atomican Plans for new server and forum code	10
	What's HOT, What's NOT	10
technica obscura	Jinxed: the f*#k-it factor	12
z-access	Nylon sandwich	14
ground zero	Max head room	16
hot box	Hot Box Archive 19: Xochi's Box O' wOOt The Darrkon Box Mk II	18
	Picky's Lamez box The Travis box	19
scanner	The Sims Online	20
	Civilization III: Play The World	20
	Republic	21
	Far Cry 21	21
	Stronghold: Crusader	23
	RollerCoaster Tycoon II	23
	Xbox Live	25
x-ray	Serial ATA	26
head to head	CPU versus Video Card: Which upgrade is better value?	28
feature	The future of flight sims: RAAF flight simulators	32
	Wireless Communities: Taking over the airwaves www.xtreme.com.au www.sydneywireless.com www.wireless.org.au www.itee.uq.edu.au/~mesh www.australianwireless.org	38
	Hard wearin' - Computex 2002	42
reviews	More RAM than sense	46
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo MadOnion.com	48
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs ABIT Siluro GeForce4 Ti4600 Leadtek Winfast A250-TD Prolink Pixelview GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB Gainward GeForce4 PowerPack! Ultra/650TV Golden Sample VisionTek Xstacy GeForce4 Ti4400 Hercules 3D Prophet ALL-IN-WONDER 7500 Pentium 4 2.4B GHz Pentium 4 2.53B GHz	50
	Triplex Xabre400 graphics card	52
	PC Tachometer	54
	ABIT Media XP expansion bay device	54
	WinTasks 4 Professional	55
	Juzt-Reboot PCI-NT	55
	Sony PEG-NR70V CLIE PDA	56
	Jaton SoundPlus 5.1 speaker system	56
	Creative Nomad Jukebox 3	57
	LaCie Fusion 24x12x40x external CD-RW	57
	DACAL CD Library	59
	AOpen H600A case	59
	Gigabyte GA-8IGX P4 533Mhz FSB i845G motherboard	60
	Swann VersaCam MINI web cam	62
	X-Media DreamBox video mixer/receiver	62
	Cooler Master ATC600 case	64
	Hercules Prophetview 920DVi LCD monitor	64
	Triplex GeForce Ti4600 graphics card	66
	Gigabyte AP128DG-H Radeon 8500 graphics card	67
games	Dimensional shift	68
	Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos	70
	The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind	72
	Age of Wonders II: The Wizards Throne	74
	Final Fantasy X	76
	Neverwinter Nights	78
	Medal of Honor: Frontline	79
subscription	Sub Atomic: Win a Gigabyte 128MB RADEON 8500	80
i/o	1337 7rOub\|3s\|-\|007xR Find all sorts of acronyms General computing definitions Jargon	82
merchandise	Atomic gear	85
tutorial	The Heavy Water Project: Phase 3 of 4 - The flashy and spinny bits DigiDoc 5 from Anyware Computer Accessories Electronic bits from Jaycar Grills, fans etc from PC Case Gear	86
	Caselight II: Disco inferno Lumileds Luxeon Stars available from Mark Hannah Surplus Electronics Tweakmonster RAMsinks available from PC Case Gear Electronic bits from Jaycar Dan's Data	92
competition	Booty Time Win a Xoxide CPU Tacho, Spider-Man or Punisher fan grills, Neverwinter Nights jacket or Lian Li mouse pad	94
post apocalypse	Let's talk about you, baby POTM: [AESB]	96
fallout	Reality Bytes	106

British engineers unveil the 'tooth phone' capable of receiving radio signals and converting them to audible vibrations in the inner ear.

Intel ships first 2GHz mobile Pentium 4.

McAfee releases warning of virus that infects JPEG files.

ChessBrain - a distributed Web service that plays chess.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's personal website - secure or not?

Laser-Assisted Direct Imprint - a new method for printing silicon.

Refresh Lock tool fixes refresh rate woes under Windows XP.

Nitta Corp develops robotic humanoid hand.


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