Issue 28


Issue 28	BEST BANG: CPU vs GPU	May 03

CONTENTS
Section	Article	Page
editorial	Atomic Inn Atomic TV	6
news	Dead man talking The Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty The Pampered Prisoner Cyberspace Inmates	8
	Mobile Bananza	8
	Aus Egamer	10
	Overclock lock	10
	Atomican Atomicans at the Movies Atomic calendar Atomic Forums - Community Events	10
	What's HOT, What's NOT	10
technica obscura	When PCs die... Environment Australia PC Recycling	12
z-access	Benchmarking: art or science?	14
ground zero	Invisible miracles iButton - Touch the Future	16
hot box	atomic's Hot Box page: Radagast's Rack Scared Little Guy	18
	The Dog Boxes Tony' Yellow	19
gearbox	Sony Memory Stick Pro Zalman multi-fan speed controller Apacer Embedded Card Reader 2.0 Sound card extender HiTi Photo Printer 630PL/PS ErgoBeads therapeutic wrist support Cooler Master TLF-R82 neon LED fan PD-A2 bootable flash drive	20
x-ray	Blu-ray: blue diode laser technology	22
head to head	CPU vs GPU ...and the future of processor architecture. Fight!	26
	Performance Growth - what are the limits?	32
feature	Centrino	34
reviews	Phoney gaming experience	41
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo Unreal Tournament 2003 from HardOCP MadOnion.com SiSoftware	42
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs Sapphire RADEON 9100 Gigabyte Maya II R9500 Compro Paladyne Ti4800SE ASUS V9280S/TVD	44
	Archos Multimedia Jukebox	46
	Deltron Cinema Disk	46
	VIA EPIA-M9000 mini-ITX systemboard	48
	Hercules DV Action! Pro video editing bundle	50
	Hewlett Packard iPAQ H5450 Pocket PC	50
	AMD Athlon XP 1800+ Thoroughbred B	51
	Joytech 5.6in TFT colour monitor	51
	MSI FX 5800 Ultra graphics card	52
	Creative I-Trigue 2.1 3300 speaker set	54
	JBL Creature 2.1 speakers	54
	Cooler Master XDream Special Edition HSC-V83 HSF	55
	cnc-cpu ST80A HSF	55
	Mitsubishi DV172 TFT LCD screen	56
	VideoLogic ZXR-550 5.1 speaker set	56
	Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe TV tuner	58
	Sapphire ATLANTIS 9700 PRO Ultimate edition graphics card	58
	Soltek Qbic 3000M barebones system	60
	Iomega HDD 80GB USB 2.0 external hard drive	60
games	RTFM	63
	IGI 2: Covert Strike	64
	Freelancer	66
	Praetorians	67
	Panzer Dragoon Orta	68
	Vietcong	69
	Master of Orion III: The Fifth X	70
	IL2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles	71
subscription	Sub-veillance - win one of two pen sycams worth $1,099 each.	72
i/o	Insidious occlusion Simulator sickness: www.hitl.washington.edu/scivw/kolasinski www.stricom.army.mil/PRODUCTS/TDT/smisick.jsp	74
Phr33x tw33x	Get your Tweex on Tweak0ring your Windows Security - part 1 Guide to Registry Hacks	77
tutorial	Embrace de bug Resetting BIOS passwords Debug links: www.datainstitute.com/debug1.htm www.uktsupport.co.uk/reference/debug.htm personal-computer-tutor.com/abc2/v8/vic8.htm www.comptechs.org/hardware/debug.htm www.psyklone.com/debug.html www.computerhome.com/rdebug.htm	78
	Mark's Aural Decipher: The thrilling conclusion. Capral Aluminium EMC documentation and resources Letraset DECAdry Nepean Boltmaster Super Cheap Auto electrical	80
	Modjitsu: The 'sink'	84
	Modjitsu: WindowDVD	86
competition	Add to trolley	87
post apocalypse	Evenly spaced... like stars POTM: Was the information worth it?	88
fallout	Age of Mediocrity	90
crashtest	#1 - Room for Rent	90

Economic sustainability puts squeeze on small fabrication plants.

nVidia to use IBM plant to produce FX Ultra chips.

How fast are you going? by Matt 'helios' Fuller - page 40

Super Tart by Ron 'Dedman' Salter - page 62


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