Reviews, Features and Head to Head Index for 2003


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Key	Reviews for 2003, most recent issue first	2002	2004
Section	Article	Issue	Page
	Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Cooler Master Alloy keyboard (EAK-US1) XIDE-PAD II 5¬in PC 12V Cigarette lighter panel Zalman 5.1 speaker headphones LED Case feet Cooler Master Aerogate II EL Fan grill Toshiba 5GB PCMCIA HDD Silverprop Cyclone Nexus LX Northbrige water block Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson Zippy Full size keyboard	35	22
	Bad-assed mobos: nine Athlon 64 motherboards ABIT KV8-MAX3 Albatron K8X800 Pro II AOpen AK86-L ASUS K8V Deluxe Wireless Edition EPoX 8HDA3+ Gigabyte K8NNXP MSI K8T Neo Shuttle An50R Soltek SL-K8AV2-RL	35	36
	Refining the PC	35	42
	Rattle and hum	35	51
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo Unreal Tournament 2003 from HardOCP MadOnion.com	35	52
	Framerate: new graphics cards and CPUs Leadtek Winfast A350 FX5900 Ultra Prolink Pixelview GeForce FX5900 Jaton 3DForce FX5900-128	35	54
	QDI Alacritas 520-KB Athlon 64 laptop	35	56
	Lite-On LDW-411S DVD burner	35	58
	MSI DR4-A DVD burner	35	59
	MediaMate 200 TV Box	35	60
	Belkin F8T030 Bluetooth Access Point/Print Server	35	60
	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra and 5700 Ultra	35	62
	Creative Inspire T7700 speakers	35	64
	Gigabyte GO-M 1600A DVD-ROM radio	35	64
	Biostar IDEQ 200P mini barebones system	35	66
	EPoX Mini Me eX5 mini barebones system	35	66
	EL Serial ATA cables Creative Webcam Notebook USB Flash Drive PAVO Pen USB Cup Warmer Thermaltake Lanfire case Aerogate I fanbus Corsair TwinX1024 4000Pro 80mm Custom Grills	34	22
	Spate of Play: multiplayer online	34	34
	Opening the Valve: Steam	34	38
	Computex 2003	34	40
	Nokia N-Gage	34	44
	Broadband technologies	34	48
	Enthusianasia	34	55
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo Unreal Tournament 2003 from HardOCP MadOnion.com	34	54
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs AOpen Aeolus FX5900 Ultra Jaton 3DForce FX5900-256 Albatron FX5900PV Albatron FX5600P Turbo	34	58
	Shuttle XPC SN85G4 socket 754 mini-barebone system	34	60
	Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz Extreme Edition	34	62
	Albatron PX865PE Lite Pro motherboard	34	66
	Shuttle XPC SN62G2 i865 mini-barebone system	34	68
	Soltek Qbic EQ-3401M i865 mini-barebone system	34	68
	Minitar XMNGSSW-5 10/100/1,000 Ethernet Smart Switch	34	70
	Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro	34	70
	Creative I-TRIGUE L3500 speakers	34	72
	Klipsch Promedia GMX A-2.1 speakers from Innovision	34	72
	Antec Minuet µATX case	34	74
	Cooler Master Jet 7 HSF	34	74
	80mm UV reactive fan grill Vantec Nexus NXP-301 Everglide mouse pads Nanotherm PCM+ thermal paste Shin Etsu thermal paste from desmondliu@optusnet.com.au IOSS RD3XP-A#-K Single drive IDE cables Kableflags PS2 Eye Toy	33	20
	Pro 3D vs Gamer Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX500 and FX3000 vs GeForce FX5600 and FX5900Ultra	33	28
	Aquamark 3: Massive's DirectX 9.0 benchmark	33	32
	Athlon 64	33	36
	Digital Cameras Four Thirds System Foveon X3 sensor	33	38
	Spam, man	33	51
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo Unreal Tournament 2003 from HardOCP MadOnion.com	33	52
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs HIS Excalibur RADEON 9800 PRO ATI ATI RADEON 9800 Gainward GeForce FX 5900 HIS Excalibur RADEON 9200	33	54
	Sony Network Walkman NWMS70D	33	56
	Hercules XPS-2.100 speaker system	33	56
	Emagen Vitesse P4X system	33	58
	Shuttle XPC SN45G sff system	33	58
	Billion 743GE wireless ADSL router	33	60
	Impact Systems CMV Ct-722A Multimedia TFT	33	60
	ABIT Siluro FX5900 OTES graphics card	33	62
	Hercules RADEON 9600 256MB graphics card	33	63
	Leadtek NVIDIA Quadro FX3000 graphics card	33	64
	Philips 150P4cs LCD monitor	33	66
	Tyan TACHYON G9600 PRO graphics card	33	66
	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	32	22
	Mac Attack: Inside Apple's IBM-powered G5, and how it compares to P4 and Athlon	32	30
	The world in your pants - why 3G mobile phones are so amazing	32	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	32	Insert
	20-odd ccentimetres of pointlessness	32	49
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo Unreal Tournament 2003 from HardOCP MadOnion.com	32	50
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs Creative RX 9800 PRO Powercolor RADEON 9600 PRO Brave Edition ABIT Siluro FX5200 ASUS V9950 TD FX5900	32	52
	ASUS SK8N motherboard	32	54
	MSI nBOX FX 5900 Ultra	32	56
	Gigabyte Triton GA-7VT600 1394 motherboard	32	58
	Corsair HydroCool200 external water cooling kit	32	60
	Cooler Master - Wave Master case	32	62
	Western Digital Caviar SE Serial ATA 250GB HDD	32	62
	Trinity X-21 case	32	64
	MSI Personal Cinema	32	64
	Asetek WaterChill KT03 water cooling kit	32	66
	Cooler Master Musketeer multi-gauge	32	66
	Clearlight 30GB Firewire HDD PSU Cable sleeving Thermaltake Hardcano 10 Masters of Doom A4 Tech USB battery recharger Game Boy player for GameCube IOSS RD3XP-CDS Super shielded audio cable	31	20
	Memory Madness: Slugfest in the ranks - DDR400 dual-channelism	31	28
	Silent Emissions	31	34
	The Hard Drive of Memory	31	40
	Unlimited, mobile, free memory - say what, where?	31	51
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo Unreal Tournament 2003 from HardOCP MadOnion.com	31	52
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs Sapphire RADEON 9800 PRO Powercolor RADEON 9800 PRO Sapphire RADEON 9600 PRO Gigabyte RADEON 9600 PRO	31	54
	Toshiba Satellite 5200 notebook	31	56
	MSI MEGA651 mini-barebones system	31	58
	Gigabyte RADEON 9800 PRO 256MB graphics card	31	60
	AusPCMarket's Accent HT100G home theatre PC case	31	61
	Albatron FX5600EQ graphics card	31	62
	Sato Technology Jazz JS9938 5.1 speaker system	31	64
	Pure Digital VideoLogic ZXR-750 7.1 speaker system	31	64
	KISS DVD player DP-450	31	66
	Mambo X P353SD HDD MP3 player	31	66
	Impact Systems Polyview CMV 1515 TFT screen	31	68
	Fountech Airstyle W-Shock 2 PS2 controller	31	68
	Albatron KM18G Pro motherboard	31	70
	DFI LANPARTY KT400A motherboard	31	70
	ICEMAT mousepad Tweakmonster EL Appliques Zippy EL-610 keyboard Sone Ericsson HBH-60 Bluetooth headset Wacom Intuos tablet OCZ 512MB PC-3700 EL DDR-RAM - list of compatible motherboards at www.ocztechnology.com	30	28
	Hertz to burn: Athlon XP 3200+ vs. Pentium 4	30	30
	Guide to glowification Prime Electronics Lumileds	30	34
	Developer dilemna: one game, four platforms	30	42
	Doomed to fail	30	51
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo Unreal Tournament 2003 from HardOCP MadOnion.com	30	52
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs Hercules 3D Prophet 9800 PRO S-Media RADEON 9800 PRO Gigabyte RADEON 9800 PRO MSI FX5600-VTDR128	30	54
	Soltek SL-86SPE-L motherboard	30	56
	Intel Pentium 4 2.4C	30	56
	iRiver iFP-195TC MP3/WMA player	30	58
	JNC SSF-200 MP3 player	30	58
	Mustek DV3000 digital camcorder	30	60
	Apple iPod MP3 player	30	60
	Apacer Disc Steno portable CD-RW and memory card reader	30	62
	Shuttle SB61G2 barebones Pentium 4 system	30	62
	Thermaltake SubZero 4G HSF	30	64
	Flexiglow bubble light Steel pad SRC-3810 universal remote Thermaltake ducting mod Vantec Iceberg chipset cooler Vantec Tornado fan Ventec Ez Swap HDD Case Mouse Bungie	29	20
	ATI RADEON 9800 Pro vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra The F-Buffer: A Rasterization-Order FIFO Buffer for Multi-Pass Rendering	29	30
	Missing in action: Whereabouts now known	29	34
	Hammering to bits: AMD's Opteron Opteron reviews and information: www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1815 www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1818 www.aceshardware.com/read.jsp?id=55000251 www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030422/index.html arstechnica.com/cpu/03q1/x86-64/x86-64-1.html	29	40
	Crashing the Rambus: Intel adopts dual-channel DDR Manufacturer's 'compliant' memory lists Intel VIA SiS NVIDIA	29	46
	Sinking feeling	29	53
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo Unreal Tournament 2003 from HardOCP MadOnion.com SiSoftware	29	54
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs Sparkle GeForce FX 5200 Albatron FX5200P ABIT Siluro FX5800 DOTH Deluxe Sparkle Ti4200-8x Platinum	29	56
	Leadtek Quadro FX2000 professional graphics card	29	58
	Shuttle MN31N motherboard	29	60
	AOpen AX4GEFM motherboard	29	60
	Linksys Wireless-G broadband router	29	62
	Antec Sonata case	29	62
	Thermaltake Volcano 11 Xaser Edition HSF	29	64
	Cooler Master Aero 7 HSF	29	64
	Hauppauge TV-PVR-350 tuner/capture card	29	65
	XS DRIVE II VP2060 portable HDD	29	65
	MSI FX5200-TDR128 graphics card	29	66
	Sapphire RADEON 9700 PRO AIW graphics card/TV tuner	29	68
	Palsonic TFTV-151 TFT screen with TV tuner	29	68
	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	28	20
	CPU vs GPU ...and the future of processor architecture. Fight!	28	26
	Performance Growth - what are the limits?	28	32
	Centrino	28	34
	Phoney gaming experience	28	41
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo Unreal Tournament 2003 from HardOCP MadOnion.com SiSoftware	28	42
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs Sapphire RADEON 9100 Gigabyte Maya II R9500 Compro Paladyne Ti4800SE ASUS V9280S/TVD	28	44
	Archos Multimedia Jukebox	28	46
	Deltron Cinema Disk	28	46
	VIA EPIA-M9000 mini-ITX systemboard	28	48
	Hercules DV Action! Pro video editing bundle	28	50
	Hewlett Packard iPAQ H5450 Pocket PC	28	50
	AMD Athlon XP 1800+ Thoroughbred B	28	51
	Joytech 5.6in TFT colour monitor	28	51
	MSI FX 5800 Ultra graphics card	28	52
	Creative I-Trigue 2.1 3300 speaker set	28	54
	JBL Creature 2.1 speakers	28	54
	Cooler Master XDream Special Edition HSC-V83 HSF	28	55
	cnc-cpu ST80A HSF	28	55
	Mitsubishi DV172 TFT LCD screen	28	56
	VideoLogic ZXR-550 5.1 speaker set	28	56
	Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe TV tuner	28	58
	Sapphire ATLANTIS 9700 PRO Ultimate edition graphics card	28	58
	Soltek Qbic 3000M barebones system	28	60
	Iomega HDD 80GB USB 2.0 external hard drive	28	60
	LED fan grill Xaser II Aluminium mouse pad IMAK Smart Glove RD7-CA Cooling After LED 80mm-to-60mm fan adaptor Billionton USB Bluetooth adaptor IDE cable EL spiral string light Lian Li fish tank	27	20
	Sonic Boom: Sound card roundup Terratec DMX 6fire Hercules Digifire 7.1 Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo III 7.1 VideoLogic SonicExplosion DVD Hercules Muse 5.1 DVD Philips Acoustic Edge Creative SoundBlaster Live! Creative Audigy Creative Audigy 2 Platinum Creative Audigy 2 Ex	27	28
	Gigahertz Processors - Extractinq Bang for the Buck	27	34
	Athlons, All-Aboard! - Athlon Motherboard Roundup ABIT NF7-S Albatron KX400-8XV Pro AOpen AK77 ASUS A7N-8X Deluxe EPoX 8RDA+ Gigabyte GA-7VAXP Ultra Leadtek K7NCR18D MSI K7N2G-ILSR Shuttle AK37 Soltek SL-75FRN-L	27	40
	Barton Boost	27	48
	Suck my yardstick	27	50
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo Unreal Tournament 2003 from HardOCP MadOnion.com SiSoftware	27	52
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs Triplex Xabre Ultra 600 Triplex GeForce4 Ti4200-8x Palit Daytona GeForce4 Ti4200 MSI GeForce FX 5800 engineering sample	27	54
	Hercules 3D Prophet ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO graphics card	27	56
	ECS Game Union 648 motherboard	27	56
	Monsoon Player 9 Audio System	27	57
	Apacer Audio Steno MP3 Player / memory stick	27	57
	ECS Xabre 600 graphics card	27	58
	Hitachi CML174SXW LCD monitor	27	60
	Thrustmaster 5.1 sound system	27	60
	Swiftech MCX 462+ HSF	27	61
	Alpha PAL 8045 HSF	27	61
	Antec LANBOY case	27	62
	Thermaltake Xaser III V1000C case	27	62
	Bluetooth USB Dongle Vantec Nexus Multi-Func panel Nintendo Gameboy Advance SP Notepad Ice Pad 2000 Top Mount Window Kit Knightrider LED Scanner UV Reactive 80mm Fan Dual Cold Cathode UV Kit	26	20
	Pixels and Vertices, Take Your Marks: 3DMark03	26	30
	3D Markin' with Tero and Patric	26	34
	Atomic V2: Got features?	26	38
	Xbox Live & Kickin' Xbox Live Starter Kit from Burn Aussie Xbox forums	26	41
	THE PH34R	26	44
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo Unreal Tournament 2003 from HardOCP MadOnion.com SiSoftware	26	46
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs Sapphire RADEON 9700 Gigabyte Maya II R9500 Pro Albatron Ti4800 SE ABIT Siluro GF4 MX-8X Leadtek A130 DDR-TH	26	48
	Thermaltake Aquarius II liquid cooling kit	26	50
	Innovatek AMD Complete Water Cooling Bundle	26	51
	Asetek Vapochill PE	26	52
	Intel C1 Pentium 4 and 2GHz Celeron	26	54
	Essential Reality P5 Glove	26	56
	Creative Cambridge Megaworks THX 5.1 550 speakers	26	56
	Shuttle XPC SN41G2 barebones system	26	58
	Gigabyte SINXP1394 motherboard	26	60
	Badong heat duct Litepad Elite V2.0 Sound Sensitive module USB Snake light Chronos USB 2.0 HDD case PCCG Rheobus USB phone charger Assorted case badges	25	20
	OpenGL 2.0 vs DirectX 9	25	32
	The Road to ROM: A Brief History of Multimedia	25	38
	Australian Game Developers Conference 2002	25	42
	Battlefield 1942 Q&A with Lars Gustavsson - Lead Designer, DICE	25	44
	RAGE against the machine	25	46
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo Unreal Tournament 2003 from HardOCP MadOnion.com SiSoftware	25	48
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs Sapphire RADEON 9700 PRO Powercolor Evil Xabre400 Palit Daytona RADEON 8500LE Gigabyte RADEON 9500 XFX GeForce4 Ti4200	25	50
	4D-Vision 15in TFT 3D display	25	52
	EPox 8K9A+ motherboard	25	54
	LaCie Big Disk	25	56
	Thrustmaster Top Gun AfterBurner force feedback joystick	25	56
	Grandtec RF CMOS USB camera	25	58
	Swann Alert 4 video capture card	25	58
	Coolermaster ATC-610-GX1 case	25	60
	Grandtec Tele Viewer Pro tuner	25	60
	Auriga Active 5.1 home theatre surround system	25	62
	D-Link DWL-810 Ethernet-to-wireless bridge	25	62
	Bose 3-2-1 home entertainment system	25	64
	Evoluent Vertical mouse optical	25	64
	Gigabyte RADEON 9700 graphics card	25	66
	Pure Digital SonicXplosion DVD sound card	25	67
	Targa TMU-306 MP3 player / memory stick	25	67
	bit grast mouse GlobalWin Crystal Fan Tri-Colour Cold Cathode Kit Cooler Master RAM sinks EL Glowire Sound Sensitive Kit ABIT Serillel adaptor Cooler Master faceplates Transparent, rounded IDE cable	24	20
	RADEON 9500 vs GeForce4 Ti4200	24	30
	Hail SATA!	24	34
	Flying off the shelf: Ten pre-built hot boxes: Glacier 9114 Apollo Ipower 2X Blue Thing Nforcer Pro 2800 Legend 2700 XP X-Gamer-Pro The Stingray Atomic 625 Vitesse R4 3000 AIT T5	24	38
	Excellence in eloquence	24	48
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo MadOnion.com SiSoftware	24	50
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs HIS Excalibur RADEON 9700 PRO Sapphire RADEON 9500 PRO Albatron Ti4280PV MSI Ti4200-VTD8x Albatron GF4 MX 440 AGP 8x	24	52
	Jaton Video-158PCI-64Twin	24	54
	Jaron Deluxe watercooling kit	24	54
	Gigabyte GA-8INXP motherboard	24	56
	Auriga CAS2002P4 m-ATX case	24	58
	Protac AIO all-in-one slimline PC	24	58
	Logitech MX series mice	24	60
	Logitech Logitech Freedom 2.4	24	60
	Sigma RealMagic XCard	24	62
	Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop for Bluetooth	24	62
	Neovo S-19 19" LCD screen	24	64
	Swann wireless Pencam	24	64
	VL System Lost in Space LCD Indicator	24	66
	Sony DRU500A DVD burner	24	66
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