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Letter from the Editor .....................................

First Glance .............................................5
DW Living

Building the Ultimate Gaming PC

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Part Three

I nt h e H o u s e

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Latest editors simplify Without sacrificing features

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‘Analog-to~digital' devices help back-up aging footage

On the Move

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[includingthose whose job it isto report on it) descend on"Sin City'
to get the lay of the tech landscape for the year and beyond.
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Straight outta Compton [where Belkin is headquartered], the
SnapNType is among the first accessories for lJeIl‘s powerful yet Well
Suunto, one ofthe first to market with MSN Direct smart watches [or priced handheld X3 line of personal digital assstants [PDAs], .
wristops, as the company likes to call them], recently unveiled the lat‑ Asthe name suggests, the product allows users to snap the mini
est in its Direct line. QWERTY keyboard into the bottom ofa compatible PDA and, you
The n3i is similar in ability and overall appearance to its older brother guessed it, type.
the n3 but with a slimmer and more svelte case, the company says. It should be noted that balancekin the as is always an issue With
b hand
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weather, news, sports updates, stock tickers and a host of other info The unit draws the little power it uses from the handheld itself, elimi.
beamed to a compatible watch in major city cen‑ hating the need for extra batteries. Thumb keyboards are handy fOr
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the FMband, Factor in the
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Army knife, have given the famously durable pocket utility tool a
While not exactly digital twist. Now, in addition to having a fold-out knife, key ring,
a new product so screwdriver, scissors. and nail file, the SwissMemory model also
much as it is an comes with a detachable USB flash drive and red LED light housed
old product re‑ in a chic translucent red casing.
released to drum The flash drive is attached to the rest of the tool via a hook, and an
up interest in a be unattached completely ifthe need arises ‐ while going through
new one [Grand airport security, for example, where knives and scissors are gener‑
Theft Auto: San ally frowned upon.
Andreas], The drive comes in 64, 128. 255 and 512MB sizes, and the tool
Rockstar Games’ ranges in price accordingly from approximately $?0 to $190 [from
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Rockstar Classics series and are optimized for current PC[only]
hardware. For those unfamiliar with the early days ofthe series how‑
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P r e s splay
Toshiba's "portable" multimedia media laptop
There was a time when a TV was a TV and a computer was a computer. but
those days are gone l suppose I should have realized it the day my satele
lite terminal froze up and I realized I was essentially rebooting my televi‑
smo.
The final proof rs the Media Center PC, a concept I sort oflike and yet
couldn't quite get into. Sure. I like the Idea that I can watch and record TV,
listen to music and play movies on a computer with an operating system
optimized for those particular tasks. But I've never liked the idea of park‑
ing $2500 worth of computer in my living room, o r ‐ here we go again ‑
booting up my stereo or DVD player
And now there's Toshiba‘s Uosmio line of Media Center laptOps, which elim‑
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40.8 cm by 28.5 cm, and weighing in at 4.4 kg. I would probably need t w o
laps to support the Uosmio GIO-GPZ I received to review. Maybe that's why
Toshiba refers to it on the box as a portable computer instead ofa laptop.
That's fair, because it is quite portable, though sometimes a bit awkward. Oosmlo 5 1 0 - s t
For a week, I set up the Uosmio in different parts of the house, watching
cable TVand DVDs and listeningto music wherever it struck my fancy. “Set
up,“ by the way, generally means “open and turn on,’ as the Dosmio is
self-contained (though you'll have to remember to bring the adapter to
connect a TVs coaxial cable) living in cramped conditions
You'll note that I said ‘turn on" and not “boot up." Knocking down my other
pet peeve. the entire Oosmio line includes the UosmioPlayer ‐ a trade‑
marked way of saying you don't have to bother to start Windows to watch
plane if you want to stay friendly with your seatmate.
or listen to DVDs, TVor (205. Just push the appropriate button above the

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its ultra slim size (only 8.5mm thickness) is small enough to be
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head test between the Ocsmio and my DVD player. the time between pow‑
ering up and the DVD menu appearing was almost the same. The Oosmio's
TVtuner actually took less time to give mean image than my TV.
The GIG-GFZ is the flagship of the Dosmio line. and it shows. Ordinary
computing tasks hummed along nicely With its LB GHz Pentium Mproces~
sor. 512MB of DDR RAM, and combined 10068 of hard disk space (for storv
ing all those recorded Lost episodes]. It includes a (ID/DVD writer that han‑
dles every format you can throw at it (including DVD-RAM].
Harmom’lt’ardon speakers. and a bevy olconnectors including 4 USB 2.0
ports, composrte and S»Vrdeo inputs and outputs and S/PDIF. FrreWire,
modem. Ethernet and R58 connectors. It also sports both 802.11g and
Bluetooth connectivity
Most noticeable, though. is the bright, clear 17" [diagonal] widescreen LCD,
sporting a resolution of 1440x980, It was so bright and clear that a defect
became startlingly obvious: watching from about four feet away. I could
clearly see upscaling and MPEG artefacts on my Firefly DVD, This only
plagued OosmroPlayer; watchingthe same DVD from within Windows didn't
produce the same quirks. Sitting a bit further back largely eliminated the
problem, but it seems odd that With everything else going for the Cosmic.
something so noticeable should slip through. But then, my mother always
did say I sat too close to the TV.
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or to the refrigerator. But Wade sees advantages too. 'Robots in the home will make less and
Hesays the introduction of the fridge meant wecould buy our food in bulk less of the disabilities that people have. Perhaps robots can goup and
and keep it fresher longer. That in turn meant we no longer needed to go down the stairs for you. I mean, the minute you sit down, you realize you
to the market every day. freeing up time to work longer hours. And since need something, and where is it? Upstairs,‘ she says.
we could now plan meals in advance, it was easy to bring lunch to work Still, even someone such as Goldenberg, who engineers robots, is
ther than go home for lunch. creating even more time for work. adamant that they have limited applications. 'l'll never think of a robot as
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equally well tethered to a computer or asa stand-alone print station. In
fact, its tidy proportions allow it to sit unobtrusively in the family room, or
even on the kitchen counter - it doesn’t have to be next to the computer.
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and image correction utilities from the onboard LCD screen, including crop,
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have the makings of an interesting book.
That said, the story feels too drawn out and
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it's an exploration of the world of spammers. of any spammer, however, and while much is
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per cent of people that click through. imagine that not one spammcr ‐ whether acrive
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like that of cus‑ in and around his home. had a peak 1999 rating
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tion ‐ including is now a survivalist, for example.
credit card num‑ Truly getting the spammers' yet unheard per‑
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Ta p e l e s s W o n d e r s from the AVSD, however image quality is good enough for snapshots.
Video capture maxes out at 320x240 pixels at 30 fps with mono sound.
Hybrid camcorders commit: everything to memory You can connect the unit to a TVset [in the same way you'd connect a
camcorder] with the supplied cable, and the vrdeo is quite acceptable.
Compared to a MiniDV tape, memory cards are teensy, so a camera based Audio is a bit weak, however. The D-snap saves the vrdeo in Windows ASF
around cards can be smaller than even the smallest DVcamcorder. Solid‘ format and you have to use Panasonic's supplied SD»MDvieStage in order
state memory is arguably more durable and reliable than tape. which to V i e w the video ona computer. MovicStage contains a very rudimentary
requires a mechanical transport system. While memory cards are today set of editing tools. so there's not much you can do b u t of the box With
relatively expensive and don't hold much data, prices continue to fall the video.
while capacity rises. in short, tapeless video recording may not yet be
mainstream. but it has arrived. as the following products demonstrate:
Optio MX4
D-snap SV-AV50 The 0ptio MX4 resembles neither a camcorder nor a still camera. A squared
This D~snap [there are three other models in the line) is the same size as a off and tapered tube forms the main body. while a battery pod sits along‑
typical cell phone, but combines a two megapixel still camera, video cam‑ side and folds downward to become a pistol grip.
The 10x zoom lens, equiv‑
corder, voice memo recorder and MP3 player.
From: Pentax Price: Approx $350 [from alent to a 3?-3?0 mm
The design is quite clever.
From Panasonic Price: Approx $730 USSZQB] Video file format: MOV zoom on a 35 mm camera,
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ters ofthe way from the
design. high "gee-whiz" factor Con: Zoom lever too close to the body when smooth two-speed motor.
top, and as the side hold‑
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ing the display swings out
some users, limited video and still capabil‑ ring is a bit too close to
in one direction, the top of
ity. no optical zoom, relatively expensive the body for our liking, however. in macro mode, it will focus on objects as
the slice, which holds the
lens assembly. swings out on the opposite side. The LCD screen can then close as one centimetre from the lens.
be rotated on a separate hinge. 0ne button controls record or playback, The LCD screen is 1.8 inches and happily has an anti-glare coating. it's a
while a mode button cycles between the SWivel-twist desrgn (yayl). which pops upward from the rear of the c a m
unit's four functions ‐ still era. but can beswivelled and then laid flat against the body, view screen
image, video, voice facing out. Arechargeable Lithium Ion battery and charger is included but
or music. the camera will also run oncommonly-available CR-V3 cells in a pinch.
The controls are n o t diffi‑ Asa four megapixel Still camera the unit offers the features comparable to
other higher-end digicams, including aperture priority. shutter priority and
cult to use but they are
manual mode. The camera offers three levels of JPEG and we were quite
small. There is a rubber‑
domed directional control
impressed with image quality in our test shots.
called a jog ball, which was Movie recording ISvery camcorder-like.A single button starts and stops
recording. There is a bit of autoiocus lag when you zoom I n . The MX4 saves
overly sensitive and jumpy
on our unit [but note that review units often take movies in MOV format, which can beviewed directly in aOuicltTlme player
a beating]. or imported into a video editing package. Clips can be viewed directly on a
Overall, the still and video systems are pretty basic. rv set by connecting the camera with the supplied AVcable. Video quality
The maximum still capture image size is two over TVis very good, although our low-light shots had a lot of digital noise
megapixels (1600 x 1200 pixels), and the lens in them.
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in which an angrier and more muscular Prince snails thing beyond a generic "vidcogame fighting guy“ ‐ a
profanity at a mostly-naked female adversary while shame, since Sands of Time had acompelling story.
a Godsmack tune blares in the background. Fortunately the Prince is still a master of acrobatics,
The sequel to the critically-acclaimed Prince of and uses his considerable athletic prowess to navi‑
Persia: The Sands of Time is a bold departure from gate the Empress‘s giant fortress in both the past
the original in a few ways. the most obvious being and present using a combination of wall-running.
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Prince discov‑ Another drag is the intermittent Dahaka real-time
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pleasant gaming surprises of 2003. Not only was it a where each offensive or defensive move is a combi‑
Star Wars game that didn't suck, but it was a game nation of good planning and a virtual dice roll. While
that rather than basing the action ona particular Star KotOR suffered slow framerates and jerky movement
Wars film, transcended its license and left other Star when numerous baddies were on screen, the sequel
Wars titles in the dust. suffers more. Large combat scenes often stutter.
Sith Lords follows up on what by many accounts was Fonunately, since combat is a take on turn-based
'game of the year“. The core gameplay remains and can be paused, it's not a terminal diagnosis.
largely Sith Lords isn‘t as impressive as its parent game
unchanged, owing to the fact that we've seen it [and been blown
given that away] before. However, a complete ground-up
Obsidian used rebuild isn't always necessary for a worthy sequel.
BioWare's Such is the case here.
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fight the situation, more light sabre modifications and the
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answer at last!
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you have the same questions), and there are not enough of them.
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beginning but that we're already waiting for the next. more enhanced ver‑
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The first annual Montreal Game Summit held in November was more suc‑
cessful than event organizers had hoped. attracting more than 500 gam‑
ing industry professionals, including the minds behind cutting-edge
games like Half-Life 2, Halo 2, and Splinter Cell 3.
'The Summit is a lot like the Game Developers Conference,“ said event
organizer Jean-Pierre Faucher, referring to the vldeogame industry‘s
largest gathering of developers from around the world held annually in
California. Headded that the Montreal event has more local ambitions.
According to Faucher, the main goals of the Summit are to cultivate work‑
ers within Duebec and draw attention to the province's booming
videogame industry. To achieve these objectives, the Summit had to bring
in top industry professionals from across North America. lt succeeded,
attracting the likes of Half~Life series creator Bill Van Buren from
Washington, and Ray Muzyka, founder of Edmonton-based BioWare, the
company behind such games as Star Wars: Knights ofthe Old Republic
and the highly anticipated Jade Empire.
The two day event consisted of lectures, workshops, and seminars deliv‑
ered by respected industry veterans including Van Buren and Muzyka.
Topics ranged from technical analyses of the physics software engines
used to create believable worlds that players can interact wrth to more
philosophical discussions about how game designers are inspired for the
games they develop simply by looking at the world around them.
One ofthe keynote speakers was native Montrealer Michel Bastien, who
now works at Washington-based Bungle, makers of the hyper-successful
Halo franchise.
Bastien wasn't just there to speak, but also to learn. “If you can get three
or four good ideas from a lecture that you can apply to your own work,
then it's a good lecture," said Bastien. “That's what I got from Ray
[Muzyka]'s talk on how BioWare approaches game development."
After his presentation Muzyka expressed mutual respect for Bastien‘s lec‑
ture and noted that he also felt as though he was there to learn. "People
here have been very warm and open,“ said Muzyka. “It encourages you to
speak more about your own processes. In the end you get back more
than what you put in.”
"This kind of an event can inspire people," chipped in Van Buren of Valve
Software. "We get to see that the competition isn't our adversary. Wecan
share what we know."
But the Montreal Game Summit isn‘t just about sharing information; it's
also about fostering Duebec‘s industry by putting Montreal in the lime‑
light for the world's game development community to see.
Martin Tremblay. general manager of Montreal-based Ubisoft (the devel‑
opers behind several popular franchises including Splinter Cell and Prince
of Pcrsra], saw the event asanopportunity to demonstrate his compa‑
ny's role asa leader in the industry. and also a chance to show the world
that Montreal is a hub of activity in the videogame industry.
"Montreal's gaming community has been working together on the
Summit," said Tremblay. “The Summit benefits every member of our com‑
munity by positioning {Montreal} asa leading city in the game develop‑
ment business."
“lhe industry [in Montreal] isn't as well known asit should be," added
Faucher. “Venture capitalists aren‘t aware of the opportunities." He
believes that the Summit will help increase awareness ofthe business
opportunities available in Montreal.
Several game studios are already located in the city. In addition to
Ubisoft, Montreal is also home to a large Electronic Arts office as well as
studios for many smaller companies.
Muzyka believes that the Montreal game development community will
continue to flourish and grow thanks to the Summit. “The Montreal game
industry is already exciting, and the Summit just adds to that feeling,’
said Muzyka. who mentioned that his company, BioWare, has mulled over
the possibility of one day opening shop in Uuebec’s largest city.
With the Summit’s first year behind it and the event an irrefutable suc‑
cess, Faucher hopes for even bigger things in years to come. "In the
future, we'd like to see representation from more countries."
If the buzz created by this year's event reaches as far as he hopes, next
year’s Summit may well attract developers and speakers from around the
globe, including top developers from industry hubs in the UKand Japan.
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P r e s e r v i n gy e s t e r d a y w i t h t o d a y ’ s
tEChnOIOQV "Analog-co-digical" devices help back-up aging footage
The almighty DVD player has taken over the living room. so chances are slot. Some external models can be plugged into acomputer's USB port. A
your dusty Video tape collection is lying in a closet somewhere, perhaps CDis included in the box with software to back up the taped footage.
beside your old H i p or VHS~C camcorder footage. Pinnacle's Dazzle DVC 80 Digital Video Creator is our pick ‐ it includes a
Let’s face it - tape is out and discs are in. handy connection box that sits on your desk and fancy video editing and
CD/DVD burning software. Similar to option 1.a CDor DVD burner is need‑
Why back it all up? edto create a disc to watch on a DVD player.
lt‘s no surprise many are Some products, such as the HPMovie Writer and the Sony DVDirect. let
looking to conven old users connect a camcorder directly to an external DVD burner.
camcorder footage or VCR
(apes into a digital for. Option 3: Stnlgh‘ to DVD, without the PC
mat. Not only are cas- Starting at $200, TV-based DVD player/recorder units cost more than reg‑
settes bulky, and degrade ular DVD players since they can record television programming onto
over time and use, but blank DVDs. Many users aren't aware they can also back up old tapes. The
watching a wedding rear of the unit contains audio and video input jacks, so you can connect
video, family vacation or a a camcorder or VCR to convert tapes to DVD. Note: this is a straight ‘dub'
baby’s first steps is far of the tape, therefore editing isn't possible. A decent pick is the Panasonic
more convenient on DVD DMR-ESSS {$449}, a DVD recorder with plenty of bells and whistles.
(anyone remember fast‑
forwarding and rewind- How m do it
ing?].
Regardless ofthe method you've chosen. the actual process of backing
Though analog-to-digital
up tapes onto DVD is more or less the same.
conversion services are
Users will first need their old camcorder or VCR, and all the taped footage
available in most major
.. . . _ , , they want to convert. The abovementioned RCA cords (red, yellow and
cuties, dorng it at home can be far less expensive over time. Ustng a PC
I makes 4“ ossibleto edit the foota dd . I ff ( d ‘t white] oran S-video cable (circular. with little "teeth" lining the inside] are
a so . p . ge, a specra e cc 5 an COP” I required to connect the camcorder to the PCor DVD recorder. lfthese
to dlSC for friends and family.
cables are not included in the box, they can be purchased at most elec~
And believe it or not, you don't need an engineering degree to pull this off.
tronics stores.
The following is a look at your options on backing up tape onto DVD.
Simply connect the cords from the output jacks of the camcorder or VCR
. ' . to the input jacks of the PC's video card/video capture card. or the DVD
Option 1’ Fancy Vldeo cards recorder. if this is ona computer, the software, once installed. will prompt
PCusers may already own a video card that comes with audio and video users to press "play" on the source [camcorder or VCR] and ‘record' or
input jacks, such as many of the All “All-in~Wonder' cards. Tocheck, look “capture" on the computer at the same time in order to copy it to the hard
at the back ofthe PCwhere the monitor cable is plugged in. If you see drive [or DVD].
multi-coloured input jacks, you're in luck. All that ISrequired is an“RCA" Copying footage from a camcorder or VCR onto a computer can really eat
(aka. composite] cord [or if your camcorder supports it, an S-video cord up hard drive space ‐ depending on the chosen quality. between 3.5 and
for better-looking results] sold at your local electronics retailer to connect 4 Gigabytes for every hour you record. Once it is copied to a DVD [about
the old camcorder or VCR to the computer [more on this in a moment]. A two hours worth], it can be deleted.
recommended video card is the ATI All-in~Wonder 9500 XT[approx 5360]. Lastly, for computer users it is now possible to edit the transferred
Ratherthan the inputjacks being onthe card itself, a small dongle plugs footage if desired. A number of clever software packages are on the mar‑
into the video card that is used to connect to the camcorder or VCR. ket that can be used to cut the footage or add fun special effects such as
Because the footage is copied to a computer’s hard drive, a CDor DVD captions, music and Hollywood-style transition sequences. Windows XP
recorder (“burner'] is required to transfer this convened video onto a has a built-in utility, Windows Movie
disc to play in a DVD player. Maker, that can perform some of these . k
functions. Once completed, it can now
Optlon 2: Dedicated Video captur' cards becopied onto aCDorDVD for playback
Instead of replacingthe entire video card, a "Video capture card' may be in a DVD player.
the best solution. Base models start at $80, but the catch is you may By Marc Saltzman
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There was a lot to do in preparing this installment of Building the Ultimate
Gamzng PC. I had to install the motherboard (aka. the “mobo'], the CPU
and CPU cooling fan, and plug lots ofthings in. [Previous installments at
wwwhubcanadaca].
Step Four Selecting the Mobo:
In my first two installments, I spoke of using the Intel DQZSXCV mother‑
board as the home for our Intel 3.6 GHz Pentium 4 EE[Extreme Edition]
CPU chip. However, between then and now Abit [wwwabitcom] sent mea into metal standoff
yGuru Arts-3rd Eye mobo. Besides offering basically the same perform‑
once as the Intel DQESXCV. the AAB‘s [JGuru technology optimizes CPU
performance for gamers. It even comes with an external "Guru Clock" that case. However. the
allows gamers to “overclock' their CPU [push it faster than its rated
speed] with the push ofa button This “Ouick DC", as Abit calls it, is like
hitting the gas for a qurck burst ofspeed.
Add the fact that the Guru Clock monitors and displays the computer's
operating temperature and voltage, and the Abit AAB-3rd Eye seemed the
obvious choice forthe Ultimate Gaming PC. in making this call, I mean no
disrespect to the Intel DBZSXCV: this is still a top-flight mobo, which I
plan to use in another project. Meanwhile, my chip of choice remains the
lntel 3.6 GHZ Pentium 4 EECPU.
Step Five: Installing the Helm
Putting in the Abit mobo was a simple yet tricky operation. I had to be
very careful n o t to hit anything as I angled it into the case and up against
the faceplace. (This was the Abit faceplate; I had originally installed the
Intel unit, but replaced it after deciding to use the AAB.) Once in place, the
AAS mobo was gently pressed up against the faceplate as the nine
mounting screws went into place.
Toget at all dfthe mobo mounting holes, I had to remove the power sup‑
ply. Actually, I ended up removing and then reattaching the power supply
repeatedly during this part of the build, until i got s m a r t and left it
unattached
The screws went
through special
metal-covered
holes marked on
the motherboard,
and were screwed
posts provided with
the Mutant Mod
machine screws
supplied by Mutant
Mods didn't fit the posts; we had to search our toolbox for suitable screws
before we could proceed Note to all PCbuilders: make sure you have a
supply of computer machine screws handy before you start!
Step Six: Installing the CPU
This was the part I was afraid of: makinga wrong move that would
destroy the brain of my Ultimate Gaming PC! As a result, I went very slow‑
ly and carefully, beginning by liftingthe CPU holding clamp. In particular. I
made sure not to touch any ofthe pins in the mount orthe underside of
the CPU chip itself in orderto avoid dirt and damage.
Unfortunately, the CPU clamp on this board was rather tightly locked in
place. I eventually got it open by pulling it slightly to the side, then Iever~
ing it back. I then removed the protective cover from the clamp m o u n t - it
is the plate marked with the yellow sticker, which I first removed by mis‑
take ‐ and prepared to insert the Intel CPU chip.
Holding my breath, i visually lined up the t w o notches on the chip's body
with the notches in the CPU mount, then gingerly put it into place. It fit
perfectly, thank heavens!
Closing the lid was another problem. It was
sostiffthat I feared I was going to snap the
CPU in two! After double-checkingthe lid for
obstructions. I pushed the lever down and
locked it in place. Mission accomplished!
Step Seven: Mounting the CPU
Cooling Fan
With the Intel chip in place, the next step was
to mount the CPU cooling fan on top. First, I
put some ofthe specially supplied grease on
top ofthe CPU. This helps ensure that heat is
efficiently transferred from the chip to the
cooling fins. Tosmooth it out, I took advice
from the MaximumPC Guide to Building a
Dream PChandbook, and used a plastic-cov‑
ered business card to spread it evenly.
Once the CPU was "greased" I put the CPU fan
in place, taking care to ensure that its wires
traveled through the fins to its base. The fan
comes with four plastic mounting posts. I
pressed them down until each one clicked
into place, then turned each head 90 degrees
to lock them.
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Step Eight: Inserting the Memory Modules
Acomputer is nothing without memory. Our Ultimate Gaming PCis for‑
tunately blessed with a pair of matched Corsair XM52 Pro Series DDR2
1GBmemory modules, which are designed for gaming. While installing
them, I was very careful to line the modules up the right way, using the
offset notches on each one. Note that the Abit board comes with four
memory slots: two orange and t w o greeni For these modules to work
properly, I had to insert them either in the orange DRgreen mounts ‑
not a combination of the two.

Step Nine: Connecting the Power Supply

Then the Abit mobo instructions said it was time to start connecting the
power supply. The mobo apparently comes with t w o power connectors
built in: one With 24 pins and the other with four.
Well, the Reactor power supply had the right four pin female connector
for the mobo, but the other one only had 20. According to the Abit man‑
ual this was okay. but the instructions it offered asto which pins to
connect (and which not to] made nosense to me. Eventually, I moved
the 20 pin female connector around until I was sure it only fit one way
on the mobo. and pushed it into piace.
Next, I connected the plugs forthe front panel buttons and LEDs. You
may notice that these haven't been mentioned in this series before.
The reason is that although this front panel mini-board was included
with the Mutant Mods case, it wasn't covered in its instructions. No
matter. I mounted it in place and then carefully plugged the wires in
place, usingthe names clearly marked on them and the mobo manual
to guide me. My only concern is whetherl put them the right way
around. We'll see if i didn't later on, when i push the Power button and
nothing happens.

Next Time: The Finishing Touches

In Part Four I expect to finish building the Ultimate Gaming Machine,
Part five is the fun part where l load on the software and then spend
hours correcting everything I did wrong!

By James Careless
Photography by Susan Trott

James Careless has reached that naive newbie stage where he is starting to
think he knows what he’s doing. Noworries; he’ll soon learn the error of his
waysi

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are qurtc affordable these dags. Those models, while quite com-
pact. are really fairly basic: theg record video to MiniDV cas-
settes and can capture low-resolution snapshots to a removable
memory card. but have few extras. While the cameras are per-
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While Canon has a lot of affordable cameras forthou who are 10“ ” m e "
ing the world of digital video, the company is also able to draw on its many
years 0' Professional-level cameras - Canon cameras are found in many
television studios - to create this lower-cost model forthoso who want a
few more pro features.
The 0pm”. Xi has a manual locus ring at the front for tip-dost shooting.
There are multiple shooting modes, including aperture orshtmerrl’b’“!
modes, as well as night mode, spotlight mode, and sand/snow mode. There
are also other higherond features like 15:9 Widescreen shooting mode,
manual exposure control and zebra pattern for gauging EXPO-W“- M ' s
so much here that the manual is about 170 pages, and you'll want lacon‑
sult it to discover all the features.
The camera also takes snapshots at resolutions upto two megapi‘xdls.
and saves them to the SecureDigital card. There's an 8 MBcard included.
but don‘t worry about a larger SDcard unless you're really stuck for a still
camera, because the image quality is only 50-50. For still photos, the cam‑
era has a built-in flash, and an accessory shoe on the top also fiCCeP‘s
Canon attachments A remote control is included.
Panasonic PV-GS4DD
www.partasonic.ca Estimated price: $2,499
Fro; 3CCD design, manual focus/zoom ring
Con: priceyl, 4 megapixel shots not great
Yow! At 82,499 this model isn’t exactly cheap, but one ofthe main rea‑
sons for the inflated price is the camera's 3CCD design. Normally only
found on pro-level cameras, the 3EED feature splits the video into the three DVD-R blank media. and can record in 16:9 widescreen mode. The tradeoff
discrete colours (red/green/blue] for better colour control, and ultimately a istliat the camera only has a 10x optical zoom. [The sister DZ-MVSSOA
better picture. The camera also has a zebra pattern for gauging exposure.
manual shutter/iris control and an easily accessible white balance control. one meppbel still images, and saves them to either DVD or SecureDigital
Aninteresting feature of this camera is the ability to use it from the front
or the back. There's a ring around the lens for manual focus control, but
with the press ofa button it becomes a manual zoom control instead, for
those who don't like the jog control near the back ofthe camera.There’s
also a record button along the barrel of the lens, placed just in front ofthe
handgrip,which means you can activate with your pinky, or with your left
hand if it's wrapped around the barrel of the lens for focus/stability.
Dno complaint: though the camera takes four megapixel still images [and h r : disc requires cartridge, noSDcard included
saves them to SecureDigital], the images aren't the same quality you'd get
from a discrete four megapixel camera.
Mating DuoCam SC-DBD40
www.samsung.ca Estimated price: $1,099
Pro: both DVand still camera in single body, easy menu systlm.
manual control '
Con: awkward button placement, still cam harder to on than
stand-alone model , 5;
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and still camera lenses inthe same device, but now roommatea n y ,.~«Wlmild controls. noremovable photo memory
of the other instead of in a spinning lens compartment. Not onlyflon’tltfi
new configuration make the camera a lot easier to use ‐you only spin a
selector switch instead ofthe entire lens assembly - l t alsomo’ltlsthe
camera a lot smaller and lighter. Because the still canton mt It
still discrete from the DVcomponent. the amen talus bottorploturos ‑
than DVcams with still photo capabilities. it even has a built-in flash.
Ofcourse, combining two gadgets into one bodylhbs‘di’awbacks. The still
camera isn't quite as easy to use asastand-alonestill amen. and with so
much onboard, certain buttons are awkward to use [including the record
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button, which tucks up right against the battery]. it's also bulkier than the
new compact DVcameras, but conStdering the inclusion of the 4.13
megapixel camera, it's still quite compact. For the price, it‘s a great deal.
DVD Cameras
If you're used to regular MiniDV cameras, get ready for a bit of re-Iearning.
DVD cameras don‘t use tapes for recording, they use ~ surprise! ‐ small
recordable DVD discs. While these mini 80mm discs top out at 30 minutes
per side, you can "finalize" the discs right on the camcorder, and immedi‑
ately pop them into a DVD player.
There are t w o different ways to get discs into DVD camcorders: Some of
the camcorders feature a central spindle, like those found in portable CDor
DVD players. and you snap the disc right in. Others force you to place the
disc into a cartridge first ‐ a bit of a throwback to the early days of DVD‑
RAM. lt‘s not a huge problem to get discs in and out, but if you break or
lose the cartridge, you won't be able to shoot video.
Because these cams use DVD media, they typically don’t have a FireWire
connector to your PC. You can transfer video over USB 2.0, orjust move the
video on the DVD media. The good news is that if you're using rewriteable
media. you can also do some limited editing right on the camera, including
splitting scenes, fades/wipes, and deleting. In many cases, you can even
use them as external DVD burners when hooked to the PC.
HM DVD Cam DZ-MVSBDA
wwwhlmhta Estimated price: $1,099
Pro: DVD-WRAM compatible, 16:9 widescreen mode, saves photos to
either DVD or SecureDigitaI
Dom dist: requires cartridge, no SDcard included
The first company we ever saw a DVD camcorder from, Hitachi is still
goingstmng with the DVD Cam line. This camera uses either DVD‐RAM or
modfll'fls 18x optiml, but no widescreen mode.) The DVD Earn can shoot
ant; ifyuu want to save your DVD space for video you'll have to invest a
bit extra, beuuse there‘s no blank SDcard included.
“ t o DVD Diga VDR-SO
mpanasonlcca Estimated price: 5999
M DVD-WM compatible, 18x optical zoom
Panasonic has two new DVD camcorders on the market under their Diga
sub-brand. TheVDR-SD is the lower-priced of the two, but it has a 18x opti‑
cal zoom unheard. The next model up, the VDR-PD, only has 10x optical
about but can shoot in 18:51widescreen mode. The Diga will take S40x480‑
nsolutlcn still photographs, and can save them to the DVD media or an
optimalSourroDigital dord.
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W ‘ “ Estimated price: $1,199
“ t h i s one of the more compact DVD camcorders. Overall, it's a nicely‑
.deslgmdcamera. though the smaller size makes some of the controls
morn awkward to use [including the record button, which is snug up
fi r s t the battery]. Oddly, even though the camera saves both photo~
graphs and movies onto the DVD media ‐ there's no MemorySticlt slot ‑
and despite havingto switch from movie mode to photo mode usingthe
selector dial on the side, there are still two buttons ‐ one for photo and one
for video. The Sony model isn't compatible with DVD-RAM, but uses the
DVD-RW format instead, which is cheaper and more widely-available.
By Sean Carruthers
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’ and a fitting one if your collection ofdigital photo‑
! graphs is getting out of hand. There are many good
i and inexpensive products available and some have
i gone through recent revisions. ACD Systems is now up
5 to version Pof its ACDSee cataloguing software. Paint
# Shop Photo Album from Jasc [which was recently pure
1 chased by Corel Corp.) is now at version 5. And the
Windows version of Adobe PhotoShop Elements 3
includes Photo Organizer. which was formerly known
I as Photoshop Album [sorry Mac users. only the
1 Windows version includes Photo Organizer but Photo
Album 2.0 is still available as a separate product].
Unique interfaces
These packages have a core of functions that are
similar. but the way they accomplish tasks is often
quite different. ACDSee's interface will be immediate‑
ly familiar to many because it is similarto the multi‑
paned Windows Explorer. The navigation pane
defaults to folder V i e w, so you can quickly navigate
the directory tree of wherever you've stored your
images. You can also navigate by date, keyword or a
number of other variables.
Photo Organizer is accessed as a sub-task within
Elements 3 [in the previous version you could launch
it asa separate application]. and has a clean, modem
interface that looks like it used Mac DSX for inspira‑
tion. The ribbon gauge alongthe top has become a
signature feature of Photo Organizer: a timeline
organizer. Move the slider to any date and the win~
dow is refreshed to display all the images taken on
that date.
Paint Shop Photo Album Sis somewhere in between.
The basic layout is a two-paned window similar to
ACDSee, but stylistically it resembles the Adobe procl‑
uct. The navigation pane defaults to folder view, but
buttons allow you to quickly switch to date view or
keyword view.
Common functions
Speaking of keywords, this is a basic yet powerful fea‑ Another useful s e t of features common to all these
ture in all these packages. Some people try to cram an
essay about a
photo into its file dimension [for posting online, for example] the batch‑
name, but
assrgning key‑
words is a much
more efficient
way to catego‑
rize. Any given
photo, even a
casual family
snapshot. can be
classified in
more than one
way. and keywords allow this flexibility. The benefit of
this becomes clear when it comes time to finding an
image. For example, a single family photo could be
assigned the words vacation, Banff, elk and Grandpa,
and could later be found by searching on any ofthose
words.
Assigning keywords can be tedious. but organizers lhe photo Hunt-JG!
that 5m w i t live
allow you to assign them to groups of photos simulta'
neously. They will also maintain a list of words you‘re
using,so that over time you don't run into the prob‑
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Photoshop CSis pricey. but
you‘ll find at least a dozen new
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Top: ACDsee ? tors. the resources are not
Bottom: Adobe Photoshop Elements nearly asbountiful. so it's good
to see The Photoshop
Elements 3 Book for Digital
Photographers hit the Dude
store shelves. At $140.
Elements 3 is affordable. and
this book will help photogra‑
phers get the most from it.
Unlike many books that essen‑
tially rewrite the user manual.
this book takes a task-based
approach. It also uses plain
language: what could be sim‑
pler than Straightening
Crooked Photos“ or “Fixing
lem of not being able to find images because
Areas that are Too Bright."
you've used the keyword “trip“ on some and
"travel' on others.
If you can afford just one book
on Photoshop Elements 3. this
one is highly recommended.
packages is batch processing. If you have images in a
variety of sizes and need to make them a common
resizing tool automates this procedure. Batch renam‑
ing allows you to take a series of related photos and
give them a common name, such as Sarah's 4th
Birthday 01, Sarah’s 4th Birthday 02, etc. These are
some of the more common tools, but there are many
others that make it much easier to keep track of the
photos you've taken.
By David Tanaka
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Congratulations to Eric Z'SLJIILJJJ Sun at llancouver, l l : whole photograph titled
“A Dancer in the Night of Parade" wine our Night life-themed hi-monthly Photo
Spree contest.
Eric used a Nikon moo to capture the imape and made minor modifications in
Adohe Photoshop 65.
For submitting the winninp image. Eric wins a lasmarli P515 Home Photo
Printer with an eye-catching 2.5-inch colour lBll screen for quick and easy Pl:‑
lreo photo printing. The display is also put to use in Pl: photo printing, display‑
inp on-screen image previews and a count-down timer.

The last Photo Spree net another almost overwhelming response. Thanks to L _ ' I I

all entrants for sending us your Night Life-themed pictures the birthday SJ
party snaps and pictures of the family dog are nice too, but alas. aren't eligi- 5
ble to win. E“).
This bi-monthly Photo Spree contest theme is 'lce.' Obviously, the theme is
up for some interpretation so surprise us!

PRESENTS ITS Bi-Monthly

PHOTO s 1: Ice [use your imagination)

lelimarli pg15 Home Photo Printer
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