Issue 23


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
scanner	Deus Ex 2: Invisible War	22
	Command and Conquer: Generals	23
	Rise of Nations	24
	Ghost Master	25
	Impossible Creatures	26
	Planetside	27
x-ray	AGP 3.0	28
head to head	Do Believe the Hype(r)-Threading: Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz vs. AMD Athlon XP 2800+	32
feature	FrankenForce5: Ti4200 roundup ABIT Siluro GF4 Ti4200 OTES Albatron Ti4200 Turbo ASUS V8420 Deluxe GF4 Ti4200 Gainward GF4 Powerpack! Ultra 650/XP Golden Sample Triplex Millenium Silver Ti4200 Powerstrip overclocking software	38
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) 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	43
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	54
	ASUS A7N-8X Deluxe motherboard	56
	ATI Fire GL X1 professional 3D graphics card	58
	Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 sound card	60
	Dell Inspiron 8200 notebook computer	62
	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
	JNC SSF-9 MP3 player	72
	Skyhawk Jupiter case	72
	Canopus ADVC-1394 video capture and editing bundle	74
	Logitech Z-680 5.1 speaker system	74
	Toshiba Portégé 3500 tablet computer	76
games	Console-ation prize	78
	Unreal Tournament 2003	80
	Colin McRae 3	82
	No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s way	84
	Kingdom Hearts	86
	Sudden Strike II	88
	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	95
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?	98
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.	99
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	100
fallout	Special edition	106

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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