Issue 32


Issue 32	INSIDE THE 'SUPER'' PC	September 03

CONTENTS
Section	Article	Page
editorial	Driving tech	6
cd	Atomic Cover CD guide - No. 03 The Big Atomic Freeware Archive	7
news	HotBOTY 2003	10
	Sony's Mini MIPS	10
	Aus Egamer E-Sports world cup	12
	Bitboys deliver XBA for PDA	12
	Atomican Atomic super Sydney m337 Atomic authors neophyte's design entry Magazine FAQ	12
	POTM: One man's personal land speed record by the dude and Against the SAMS	12
	What's HOT, What's NOT	12
technica obscura	Creativity multiplied	14
z-access	The dark side	16
ground zero	Sizing up screens The Kell factor	18
hot box	atomic's Hot Box page: Flaminspartan's iCe BlueBehemoth Lord Shaper's Furnace	20
	MetalZone by David Nosferatu's shoeBox	21
gearbox	Andrew Rollings and Ernst Adams on Game Design X-Panel II - 3.5" cold cathode control centre Round cold cathode fan A4 Rechargeable wireless desktop kit Warcom Wireless ADSL Router Mambo X 128MB USB Music Drive JNC SSF-302 256MB Digital Audio Player Full case wrap	22
x-ray	A Question of Protocols Comparison of Novell Netware and TCP/IP protocol architectures Introduction to TCP/IP An overview of TCP/IP Protocols and the Internet ISO/OSI Network Model	24
head to head	Mac Attack: Inside Apple's IBM-powered G5, and how it compares to P4 and Athlon	30
feature	The world in your pants - why 3G mobile phones are so amazing	36
	The Greatest Game of All: Fond memories of golden gaming Pong System Shock 2 Riddle of the Sphinx Caveman Ugh-lympics DOOM shareware Grim Fandango Red Alert 2: Command and Conquer Impossible Mission NBA Jam BErzerk	Insert
atomic gear	Be fully atomic	43
reviews	20-odd ccentimetres of pointlessness	49
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo Unreal Tournament 2003 from HardOCP MadOnion.com	50
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs Creative RX 9800 PRO Powercolor RADEON 9600 PRO Brave Edition ABIT Siluro FX5200 ASUS V9950 TD FX5900	52
	ASUS SK8N motherboard	54
	MSI nBOX FX 5900 Ultra	56
	Gigabyte Triton GA-7VT600 1394 motherboard	58
	Corsair HydroCool200 external water cooling kit	60
	Cooler Master - Wave Master case	62
	Western Digital Caviar SE Serial ATA 250GB HDD	62
	Trinity X-21 case	64
	MSI Personal Cinema	64
	Asetek WaterChill KT03 water cooling kit	66
	Cooler Master Musketeer multi-gauge	66
games	String, dots and sticky tape	69
	Scanner: Game technology and previews Subsurface shading = super-real game faces Would you like a physics engine with that?	72
	Engine room: Inside S.T.A.L.K.E.R., leaves Doom 3 for dead	74
	Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight	76
	Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide	78
	Star Trek Elite Force 2	79
	Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness	82
i/o	Indications obvious	84
Phr33x tw33x	"Give us a tweak, your're the tweakin' man, give us a tweak tonight. Cause we're all in the mood for a tweak0ring, and you have us tweakin' alright." (Apologies to B. Joel)	87
tutorial	Modjitsu: Grinding the midnight oil: get the right gear to work your case over.	88
competition	The Draw of the Things	95
subscription	Sub-atomic	96
fallout	Hype-eractive	98
crashtest	#5 - Really?	98

Seems like Windows critical flaw month...

Queensland is the home for game developers in Australia.

The Seven Network and Blue Gamers are after a 'game' show host www.bluegamers.com.au

Infinium Labs about to launch 'Phantom' console.

Doom3, Trinity and Quake 4 all delayed.

Sony releases first PalmOS-based PDA with OpenGL support, the CLIÉ PEG-UX50G.

'Mikrocomputer' by Nick Wannop - page 48

'OldSkoolFool!' by Adrian 'AsterOne' Tofoni - page 68


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