FEATURESThe Mother of all Rigs! What would your ultimate gaming machine be made up of if you had unlimited funds and access to all the good stuff? Imagine no more... We cover it all: CPU, mobo, RAM, graphics card(s) – yup, triple SLI, baby – monitor, hard drive, PSU, cooling, sound card, case, keyboard, mouse, wheel and speakers!
World Exclusive! Fallout 3! A behind-the-scenes chat with developers Bethesda, the makers of Oblivion, comes the Next Big Thing. It’s an RPG set in pseudo-1950s post-apocalyptic wasteland of Washington DC – with 240 endings! Karma is everything as your character weaves through the game.
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Hardware Reviewed! The Palit GeForce 9600GT Sonic mid-range graphics card, a Viewsonic screen, a webcam and mouse from Microsoft and we get our hands on a GeForce 9800GTX.
Quick Fix How to upgrade your DNS and optimise your surfing in five minutes AND How to get better lighting in Crysis in another five minutes.
The Ultimate Guide to RAM The June Supertest helps you select the best memory for your machine. With size and speed in mind, we test the best performance DDR2 and DDR3 modules. We test the following brands: Corsair Dominator DDR2 and 3, Patriot Viper Fin, Geil Orange Dragon, OCZ ReaperX and G.Skill.
Tech Porn A double-page spread of the sexy new Asus Striker II Extreme motherboard.
Make This! This month we teach you how to make your own infra-red webcam.
Tech Briefing: The Future of Batteries Dreaming of a 30-hour laptop life? It’s on its way, by hook, by crook, by nanotech or by hydrogen fuel cell.
CeBIT It is the biggest technology show in the world, and PCFormat was there to bring your the inside scoop. Includes word on Samsung’s awesome stand, AMD’s string of big announcements, followed by Intel’s “Atom” branding, Corsair’s new PSU and everyone’s got a take on the Asus EEE PC.
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PC Games Reviewed! In the June issue we devote four pages to Frontline: Fuels of War from Kaos Studios, lend three pages to the dissection of Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 courtesy of Ubisoft and spend two pages on Lost: Via Domus. THQ have also just released Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Soulstorm... and we take a peek at independent project Audiosurf out on Steam.
Multiplay! A strategy guide that will help you battle through Team Fortress 2’s new wasteland map.
Play Feature: Rise of the Bots When playing online poker, you may wonder about who else is seated around the virtual table. Have you considered you might be playing against a bot? OMG!
The Game Developer Learn how to make your own games! The last episode in the tutorial series produced by local game developer Sean Lobjoit, in conjunction with sagamedev.co.za.
Play InDepth Now that modders have the new Unreal Tournament III engine at their disposal, there have been some “unreally” good mods emerging. PCFormat reveals ten of the best!
