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Issue 23 BIG GUN BATTLE CHIPS December 02
CONTENTS
Section Article Page
editorial Cheap as fast chips 6
news Roll me up Scotty! 8
   Chip your children 8
  2GHz MP3 player 10
  Atomican
  Battle @ Matchrix II - OCAU vs. Atomic...
  Channel Stats
  Nicher's Descartes thread
  azns_kickass's at0mic beginners overclocking resources database...
10
  What's HOT, What's NOT 10
technica
obscura
Peer pressure
  The Internet Hall of Shame
12
z-access A bus to Yellowstone 14
ground zero The $10,000 RAM disk 16
hot box atomic's Hot Boxes page:
Mark's Aural Decipher
data_mines' Carputer
18
  Aaron's ICE-CUBE
Ultramodz' THE CUBE
19
gearbox     USB FireFly
CoolPC memory temperature sensor/alarm
Thermaltake fan grills
80mm Evercool Aluminium frame fan
Genuine Tweakmonster RAM sinks
Kensington USB FlyFan
20
scannerFor PCFor Xbox Deus Ex 2: Invisible War 22
For PCFor Xbox Command and Conquer: Generals 23
For PC

Rise of Nations

24

For PCFor PlayStation 2

Ghost Master

25
For PC

Impossible Creatures

26
For PC

Planetside

27
x-ray

AGP 3.0

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head to head Do Believe the Hype(r)-Threading:
  Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz vs. AMD Athlon XP 2800+
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feature

FrankenForce5: Ti4200 roundup
  ABIT Siluro GF4 Ti4200 OTES
  Albatron Ti4200 Turbo Hot product
  ASUS V8420 Deluxe GF4 Ti4200
  Gainward GF4 Powerpack! Ultra 650/XP Golden Sample
  Triplex Millenium Silver Ti4200

  Powerstrip overclocking software

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feature

A time to chill: HSF roundup -

Intel Socket 478:
  CpuMate K300
  GlacialTech Igloo 4310 Pro
  Intel Reference heatsink (old design)
  Intel Reference heatsink (new design) Hot product
  Thermaltake P4 Volcano 478

AMD Socket A:
  Aerocool AB8025 (The Glacier)
  Aerocool X-Factor
  Alpha PAL8045
  Coolermaster HHC-001
  Coolink COOL H2TwinBreeze (H2TB)
  GlobalWIN TAK68
  Just Cooler P-8000
  Swiftech MCX370
  Swiftech MCX462
  Thermalright AX-7
  Thermalright SK-6+
  Thermalright SLK-800
  Thermaltake Volcano 6CU/6CU+
  Thermaltake Volcano 9 Cool Mod
  Zalman CNPS6000-CU

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reviews How far we've come 50
  Atomic Benchmarks
  BAPCo
  MadOnion.com
  SiSoftware
52

 

Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs
  MSI MX440-VTD8X - MX440 64MB
  Gainward GF4 Powerpack! Pro/600-8X XP Golden Sample - MX440 64MB
  Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 Pro - RADEON 9700 Pro 128MB
  Sapphire RADEON 9700 Atlantis Pro - RADEON 9700 Pro 128MB
  Jaton 3DForce Xabre400-64Q - SiS Xabre400 64MB
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Hot product

ASUS A7N-8X Deluxe motherboard 56
  ATI Fire GL X1 professional 3D graphics card 58

 

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 sound card 60

 Hot product

Dell Inspiron 8200 notebook computer 62

Hot product

ASUS P4GE-V motherboard 64
   Sony CRXP90MU portable CD/DVD/CD-R/CD-RW drive 66
  Leadtek WinFast 6X Sound 66
  Emagen Mini Q 450 barebones system 68

 

Modware Perspex case from Anyware 70

 

Juzt-Reboot WOL-NT NIC 70

Hot product

JNC SSF-9 MP3 player 72
  Skyhawk Jupiter case 72
  Canopus ADVC-1394 video capture and editing bundle 74

Hot product

Logitech Z-680 5.1 speaker system 74

Hot product

Toshiba Portégé 3500 tablet computer 76
games Console-ation prize 78
Hot productFor PC Unreal Tournament 2003 80
For Xbox Colin McRae 3 82
Hot productFor PC No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s way 84
Hot productFor PlayStation 2 Kingdom Hearts 86
For PC Sudden Strike II 88
For PC Stronghold: Crusader 90
i/o Anna Kournikova
  K7S5a motherboard forum
  Prolink TV tuner card support
  Lindows
  Redmond Linux
  US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ID search page
92
Phr33x
tw33x
NTFS MFT fragmentation registry tweak
Disabling NTFS automatic timestamp
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subscription Win a $2,450 worth of lush Altech gear! 96
post
apocalypse
Fat free lettuce
   POTM: How many atomicans does it take to change a lightbulb?
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competition Fr33
Win a JNC SSF-164 MP3 player, Albatron ti4200 Turbo graphics card, L.I.S. LCD panel or No One Lives Forever 2 game.
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tutorial The Uber-Linux Box Project: Part 4 of 3 :-) -
Ad blocking, kernel compilation, remote desktop and Linux tools
  'got root?' T-shirt from: Think Geek
  Ad Zapper
  Kernel source FTP site
  Linux.com
  Linuxnewbie.org
  The Linux Documentation Project
  Fresh Meat
  Google's Linux search page
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fallout Special edition 106
Cover of Issue 23 Short Circuits
ATI demonstrates a 3D chipset using DDR II RAM.
FCC asked not to revive telecommunications infrastructure in US if it fails.
Cornell University develops miniature atomic battery.
Washington Wal-Mart withdraws some violent games.
Incompatibility problems with RADEON 9700 found on some motherboards.
Atomic says it again: piracy is bad.
 

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