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Issue 20 HARDCORE HARDWARE September 02
CONTENTS
Section Article Page
editorial Our wonder box 6
news Green with NV: RADEON 9700 8
   Modulicious 8
  Packets from above 10
  Atomican
  Atomican's Eon Statistics Board
  WANTED: New rank names
10
  What's HOT, What's NOT 10
technica
obscura
Honouring privacy
  Good selection of privacy software
  Electronic Frontiers Foundation top 12 ways to protect your privacy
12
z-access Hit predictions 14
ground zero Not so super

  NVIDIA does an Apple and wrongfully claims 'supercomputer' status.
16
hot box Hot Box Archive 20:
Fischer West's lounge box
GLOBe's Electric Dream
18
  John T's Volt Box
STANLEY By DeVo
19
scanner     For PC id's Tim Willits interview 20
For PC Doom III 21
For PC Unreal Tournament 2003 23
For PCFor XboxFor PlayStation 2 V8 Supercar Race Driver 24
For PCFor Xbox Battlefield 1942

25

x-ray Fibre Optics 26
head to head 3D tools clash for virtual supremacy 28
survey ATOMIC NEEDS YOU! 32
feature Matrox revolutions: Can the Matrox Parhelia really deliver?
  Matrox Users
  Focal Point Computing
  Anitech Pty Ltd, Eizo distributor
  BenQ Australia
  Gamenation
  Matrox
34
reviews Parhelia: JG Vs BR 42
   Atomic Benchmarks
  BAPCo
  MadOnion.com
  SiSoftware
44

 

Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs
  ABIT Siluro GeForce4 Ti4200
  Triplex GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB
  Palit Daytona GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB
  VisionTek Xstacy GeForce4 Ti4600
  ASUS GeForce4 Ti4600 Deluxe
46

 

I-Glasses head mounted display 48
  ASUS CRW-4816A Mount Rainier 48x16x48x CD-MRW 50
  S-MEDIA RADEON 9000 Pro graphics card 52
  NoiseControl Silverado HSF 54

 

Sony Linux PS2 kit 54
  ASUS L2000B P4 2GHz notebook 55

Hot product

VideoLogic ZXR-500 5.1 speaker system 55
  Intel Celeron 1.7GHz 56

 

ASUS P4T533 motherboard 58
  ABIT SR7-8X motherboard 60

Hot product

Lian Li PC-9300 micro-ATX case 62
  Thermaltake Hardcano 5 HDD cooler 62
  Bitspower NP478S P4 HSF 64

 

Thermaltake G4-VGA Copper video card cooler 64

Hot product

Final Scratch DJ kit 66
  XPSound XP201 phono pre-amp 66
  Panasonic e.wear SV-SD80 MP3 player 67
  JNC SSF-886B MP3 player 67
Hot product JAZZ - JS9940 5.1 Wireless Home Theatre 68
  SF-801GL LED case fan 68
  Handspring Treo 270 Mobile/PDA 69
  EPoX Bluetooth Dongle 69
merchandise Atomic gear 57
back issues back the f**K up 65
games 24fps: smooth as sandpaper 70
Hot productFor PC America's Army Operations 72
Hot productFor Gamecube Pikmin 74
Hot productFor PC Grand Prix 4 75
For PlayStation 2 Gran Turismo Concept Tokyo-Geneva 2002 76
For PC Operation Flashpoint: Resistance 77
subscription Win a BenQ PC accessory pack valued at over $1800 78
i/o Techno-files
  W32.Choke.Worm removal instructions
  nVIDIA AGP memory display application
81
IT Directory Trying to find a product or service? 83
tutorial The Heavy Water Project: Phase 4 of 4 - Lighting and water-cooling

Thanks to the following companies:

supplier provided
Anyware Computer Accessories Lian Li PC-70 USB case, Macpower Digidoc 5,
Lian Li I/O panel, Lian Li LCD Temp gauges,
20 thumbscrews, Thermaltake Crystal Orb
AusPC Market Super Flower 550W PSU,
Mitsumi FDD, Lian Li FDD plate
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
ABIT KX7333-RAID motherboard,
Siluro GeForce4 ti4600
Maxtor Three DiamondMax Plus D740X 80GB ATA133 7,200rpm HDs
Altech One 512MB Corsair XMS-3200 (400MHz) DDR-RAM,
one 100Mb ALfa NIC 
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy DE
Silverprop Silver Storm radiator,
Cyclone 5 waterblock
PC Case Gear Two Cold cathodes, two neons, six LaserLEDs,
two Laser Grills, six Plain grills,
seven Enermax, one YS Tech and one AVC fan,
window etch
Pioneer Electronics Australia 106SZ slot-loading DVD ROM
BenQ Australia 32x10x40x CD-RW
PC Range Two 60cm IDE and 48cm FDD rounded cables

 

86
tutorial The Uber-Linux Box Project: Part 1of 3 - Installation

  Mandrake Linux available from
    Broadband download: Planet Mirror
      (download Mandrake82-cd1-inst.i586.iso
      and Mandrake82-cd2-ext.i586.iso)
    Purchase on CD: Everything Linux
    or: Linux System Labs Australia
92
competition Frees'R'Us
Win an ATI RADEON 9000 graphics card, JNC SSF-886B MP3 player, Mediaval:Total War game or Dacal CD Library
96
post
apocalypse
Speak and ye shall be heard
   POTM: Code Layout
98
fallout A little light work 106
Cover of Issue 20 Short Circuits
Philips demonstrates first blue laser based optical drive.
Northwood P4 chips don't like voltages above 1.7 volts.
Forgent Networks intends to claim licensing fees for its patents on JPEG algorithm.
NVIDIA announces nForce2 line of motherboards.
Ogg Vorbis audio compression codec version 1.0 finally released. Real Media announces support.
Microsoft ceases driver support for Win98SE and NT4.
 

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