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Community News for April 15, = 2005=20

Have comments, questions for = SimHQ?=20 Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=20 Have news? Send to news@simhq.com.

Air Combat=20

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: "Herr Shreck" has posted a fix for the Sunderland landing gear = bug.=20 "MrJelly" has posted a new OAW Selector V160B.

FS 2002=20 / FS 2004: The following files are avaiable at = FlightSim: FS2004 Tail Number = Modding=20 (FILENAME: tnmstp_0.zip) A utility to change tail = numbers of=20 the traffic database to whatever you want. FS2004 = Socata TB10=20 Tobago (FILENAME: tb10blue.zip). FS2004 Photoreal=20 Spring/Summer Runways (FILENAME: sprsumrw.zip). FS2004 = Martin=20 RB57D (FILENAME: b57d.zip). FS2004 HUD/Autopilot = (FILENAME:=20 vautohud.zip). Coding, gauges and bitmaps for HUD and = 2D=20 autopilot for use in virtual mode. FS2004 Tips and = Tricks -=20 Part 8 (FILENAME: tpstr_8.zip).

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 Simulation France Magazine has announced a US P40 E skinpack by Macwan.

Jane's=20 F/A-18: Click here for a big HUD font with = normal MFDs=20 font fix.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: "Searcher, = =3D128=3D=20 VFTC" of the Virtual Flight Training Center, has = posted an=20 invite (Flaming cliff owners) to an Internet airshow April 23rd. = "ZoomBoy27" has=20 posted a night mission for the Su-25T = (FC1.1).=20 "Thomes DW" has posted a Lock On FC 1.1 FPS tweak.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "dfang" has = posted a=20 procedure to make your T-45A carrier operational.

Wings of=20 War: Click here=20 for Professor Frink's Wings of War Mod page.

General=20 News: "Colt40Five" has built a cockpit set-up for less than 25 = USD. NVIDIA 71.89 drivers are now = available.=20 F/A-22 Raptor due to make public appearance. Click here for the story. Lockheed chief = promises=20 on-budget JSF delivery. More here. Glacier Girl to fly in Lakeland at = the=20 annual Sun 'n Fun Fly-In.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

10-David has news on how to change = your=20 limited 5 man co-op in SWAT=20 4 to allow a 10 person co-op. Read it here.

The=20 Wargamer has launched there World at War = micro-site here.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Navy Newsstand reports that the Los-Angeles = class=20 fast-attack submarine USS Albuquerque (SSN 706) will = return=20 home to Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE) April = 12,=20 following a regularly scheduled six-month deployment = to the=20 U.S. European and Central Command areas of operation. = Read=20 more here.

Sea Lords Concept Art (thanks = Subsim).

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Invictus officially announced today that = we signed=20 a sponsoring and consulting contract with Sir=E1ly Rallye = Team.

Sir=E1ly Rallye = Team will give further technical = assistance=20 for Invictus-Games in their upcoming titles. Barnabas = Gal and=20 Istvan Bara, the navigator and driver of the team = aided=20 Invictus in developing their newest title CRC = 2005 by=20 giving their valued help. Continuing their assistance, = they=20 will help with testing and tips, which will help the = games=20 becoming even more realistic.

Sounds of Sims = have=20 released several new soundpacks for the Project = Wildfire PTA=20 mod, the GTP mod and Cup Series. Learn the = download=20 locations in this thread.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

Alienware announces = dual-core Pentium EE 840 = PCs.=20 Read here at Tom's=20 Hardware.

Community News for April = 14,=20 2005=20

Have comments, questions for = SimHQ?=20 Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=20 Have news? Send to news@simhq.com.

Air Combat=20

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

EECH /=20 EEAH: "Retro" has posted an unofficial test exe.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: Aerial Foundry has released a free F-18 repaint kit. Thanks to "Top = Gun" for=20 the heads up. Abacus announces World Extreme Landscapes. The = following=20 files are available at FlightSim: FS2004 Scenery - = McChord AFB=20 (FILENAME: ktcm.zip). FS2002/FS2004 Unreal Aviation = "Drifter"=20 pedal-powered airship (FILENAME: drifter.zip). FS2004=20 Levasseur PL8 (FILENAME: levassv2.zip). FS2004 Video - = RealAir=20 Spitfire (FILENAME: rasfvid.zip).

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "Simulation France Magazine" has posted P40 E Blank Skin pack for IL2MAT = use by=20 Tchaika. "Simulation France Magazine" has posted = Experimental=20 des Aire I16 Skins by Tchaika. "Gamekeeper" = has=20 announced a large update of files at Airwarfare. "Robo." has = posted a=20 link to Dora skins by Moksha.

Jane's=20 Longbow Series: "Polak" has posted an update on = the palette for DOBJECT.TEX.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "capun" has = posted a Ju-88 G6 preview. "fubar_512" has = posted a=20 procedure to add a P-62-2 twin launcher for small IRMs = (AA-8=20 Aphids) to the MiG 21MF. Click here. "Charles" has announced Medals Pack v1.4 is now available. = "Canaris"=20 is looking for someone to take over the MiG-9 project. "Gecko6" has posted = on an=20 ambitious project; Universal Military Avionics Suite = UMAS.

General=20 News: The Biggest Italian Flight Simulator = Competition is=20 being held May 7 and 8. "JG27*CRASH" has found a = source for MSFFB joystick triggers. "Ian = Boys" has=20 found a new Osprey Yak book. "+G" has found a = JCM Tri-mode seeker video. Click = here for the in-house discussion. = Loose life=20 raft damages military aircraft, forces emergency = landing.=20 Click here for the story. Sikorsky opens = project=20 office for new Canadian Maritime helicopter.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Shikotah's first post in SimHQ's Silent Hunter III Forum = includes=20 several links, one of which is one of the best Torpedo = Attack=20 examples you will get, "Submarine Torpedo Fire Control = Manual,=20 is a training and reference manual from 1952. It = describes how=20 to plan a submarine's approach and attack using the = fire=20 control systems on Fleet and Guppy submarines with = straight=20 running torpedos (without homing, wire guidance, = etc.). It=20 represents the submarine fire control problem of WW II = and the=20 immediate post war period." Read his post here.

"Silent and Deadly Gaming" = Read the Game Industry News 4.5 / 5 review = here (thanks Blue's News).

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

M4driving=20 has information about = Driving Force = Pro being reviewed by CGN here.

A couple of = screenshots of=20 Zolder for GTR=20 can be seen here at m4driving.

Not particularly = new but=20 this site is handy when making = setups for=20 NASCAR Racing = 2003=20 Season.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

Bona Fide=20 Reviews looks at = Oakley's THUMP 256MB MP3 player = sunglasses here.

PenStar=20 Systems reviews = Albatrons GeForce TC 6200=20 Q video card = here.

Guru3D reviews AquaBox's Passive = Watercooling=20 here.

Tweakers=20 Australia reviews = GeCube's X800 XL video card here.

Legion=20 Hardware reviews = Gigabyte's = K8VT890-9 motherboard here.

Dan's=20 Data reviews the = iCute 0408 SL computer case here.

SL = Central=20 tests out Fortron-Source's=20 FSP530-60GNA = PSU here.

Cool Tech=20 Zone tests out = Asus' K8V-X motherboard here.

Community News for April = 13,=20 2005=20

Have comments, questions for = SimHQ?=20 Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=20 Have news? Send to news@simhq.com.

Air Combat=20

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

Battle=20 of Britain: "Rudel" has posted a new building textures preview. =

European=20 Air War: "Col. Gibbon" has posted a screenshot = of the=20 HR MS 406 WIP. "VonBeerhofen" has = posted a=20 preview of skysets based on Stratocast.

Fighter=20 Squadron: Scream 'n Demons Over Europe: "Major = Hippie"=20 has posted a SDOE movie list.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: Dreamfleet has made available the Beech A36 update. Thanks to = "Drake" for the=20 heads up.

Helicopter Sims: = "Swingtime"=20 has uploaded a new test-version of Blue max cobra.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "Tchaika." has posted a P-40 skin of the 79th Fighter = Group in=20 Africa. TomahawkMkIIb skins by Obelix have = been=20 added on Checksix.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "Fubar_512" has = posted a=20 MiG-21 landing gear fix. = "ghostrider883" has=20 posted a IAF Type S-22 Fitter(Su-7)skin. "USAFTML" = has posted=20 a Sabre update. "Gramps" has posted = two Bf109-G skins. "Gramps" has also = posted two=20 F-15 skins.

General=20 News: Check out "Condor": The Competition = Soaring=20 Simulator here. Thanks to "CyC_AnD" for the = info.=20 "Fran_Zee" has posted an aerobatics video. There are two a = BAE-Saab=20 Gripen crash videos here.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

Matrix=20 Games has announced that acclaimed author and game = designer Mark H. Walker has signed-on to release Lock 'n Load: Band of = Heroes=20 under the Matrix Games label. Band of Heroes is the = next title=20 in the well-received Lock 'n Load series of squad = level board=20 games and will mark the highly anticipated debut of = the World=20 War II period in the Lock 'n Load system.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Navy League's=20 April issue of Sea Power has an article about = Tightening=20 the Net. After years of planning, the Navy is about to = breathe=20 life into the FORCEnet concept mandating change to = every=20 aspect of naval warfare. The top officials behind = FORCEnet,=20 the Navy concept for warfare in the 21st century, will = take=20 some solid steps this spring to revamp the service=92s = acquisition process and provide a turning point in its = overarching effort to change the very nature of naval = warfare.=20 Read more here.

Awfully Slow Warfare. = Frustrated by=20 the pace of antisubmarine warfare in the = network-centric age,=20 the Navy is bringing new technologies into play. = =93We=92re=20 going to change ASW =97 awfully slow warfare =97 to a = time-centric=20 context.=94 Adm. John B. Nathman, speaking as vice = chief of=20 naval operations to a Capitol Hill audience at a = Lexington=20 Institute symposium on air power in January, signaled = his=20 intention to challenge the stubborn, century-old = paradigm of=20 antisubmarine warfare (ASW) as a plodding game of cat = and=20 mouse, with periods of hours and even days elapsing = from=20 initial detection to destruction of a hostile = submarine. Read=20 more here.

Canada's Navy reports that current = and=20 former shipmates of Her Majesty=92s Canadian Ship = Huron=20 will muster one last time to say farewell to their = ship at 11=20 a.m. on Thursday, March 31. After 32 years of service = to=20 Canada, the ship Huron will be officially paid off in = the=20 presence of the Honorable Iona Campagnolo, Lieutenant = Governor=20 of British Columbia, and Commodore Roger Girouard, = Commander=20 Canadian Fleet Pacific. Read more here.

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

M4driving=20 reports here, that Intellivibe now = supports GPL and mods. You can = learn=20 more about Intellivibe and why it should also be of = interest=20 to flight simmers here.

The team behind the = F1 74-75 mod for = F1 Challenge has = released some=20 new images from the upcoming mod. See the screenshots = of the=20 Tyrrell 006 here at m4driving.

From m4driving we=20 received news that Team SpeedWerx is working on a = Porsche Supercup 2004 = mod for=20 GTR. There's a = screenshot=20 from the mod as well which can be seen here.

A School-yard slalom=20 modification for Richard Burns=20 Rally is available for download here at Blackhole=20 Motorsports.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

Creativemods=20 reviews the 3R System=20 R105SH case here.

Bytesector=20 looks at the AC = Ryan=20 Xneon SATA cables here.

3DGameMan=20 reviews the Aspire=20 X-Plorer case here.

We'll need something to go = in=20 these cases, right? Well, MADSHRIMPS=20 covers that, with a review of the DFI nForce4-DAGF = motherboard OC=20 here.

Beyond3D=20 looks at the ATI = All-In-Wonder=20 X800 XT video card here.

TechGage=20 reviews the Logitech=20 MX1000 laser mouse here.

CDRLabs tests=20 out Pioneer's = DVR-A09XL=20 16x DVD+RW drive here.

SL = Central=20 reviews the PC Power = &=20 Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 Express PSU here.

TweakTown=20 reviews the HIS = X850XT=20 and X800XL = graphics cards=20 here.

Community News for April = 12,=20 2005=20

Have comments, questions for = SimHQ?=20 Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=20 Have news? Send to news@simhq.com.

Air Combat=20

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

EECH /=20 EEAH: "gotcha" has posted some screenshots of a = new forest side display.

European=20 Air War: "RAF_Roy" has posted a Griddata layout map. The location = of the EAW Key File page has changed.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: "grover" has posted a video of the DSB Raptor.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "MK2" is looking for Sharx at IL2 Skins. He has made a = public=20 offer for freebandwidth forever. If you know Sharx, = have him=20 respond to this post! There are new skins at Simulation France = Magazine.=20 Thanks to "Macwan_SFM" for the heads up. CombatAce now = has a=20 dedicated IL2 series upload area for skins, = missions,=20 and campaigns. "CsThor" has posted a new Me 262 A-2a "9K + BN" of 5./KG 51 = skin.=20 "BA_Dart" has posted new movies.

Jane's=20 F/A-18: "Rudel" has posted a flight sim skin booth update. = "Joe" has=20 posted a new sounds wishlist. "Joe" is = looking for=20 help with sounds. Click here.

Jane's=20 Longbow Series: There is a new Jane's Longbow = Series=20 forum here.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: "ZoomBoy27" = has=20 posted an A-10 Missions Pack - Struggle in = Crimea.=20 "lomacfiles" has posted Loman add-ons and other mods for = 1.1.=20 ZZZSpace has released a new sound pack v1 for FC.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "Kesselbrut" has = announced the F-15 is available at CombatAce. = "The Wrench"=20 has posted some Luftwaffe hangar screens. "The = Wrench" has=20 posted modified data and loadout ini's for the EF-4C WW4. "Sundowner" has = released an Israeli Air Force F-4E Skin = SuperPak.=20 "Sundowner" has released an Israeli Air Force Camo Mirage IIICJ=20 SuperPak.

General=20 News: Herr Shreck" has found a resource center = for=20 profiles and three-way views here. CombatAce has gone through a = redesign. Unmanned helicopter to target = niche market.=20 India begins aircraft carrier construction. Sun 'n Fun Debuts Factory-Built = Sport=20 Planes.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

PC version of Ghost Recon 2 has = been=20 cancelled. Read here at PC.IGN. Thanks=20 Aron for the news tip.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Navy News (Australia) reports that = in The Gulf there are = currently=20 three main constants =97 two large oil platforms and = the ever=20 vigilant Australian warship HMAS Darwin. Read more here.

Navy News (Australia) reports that = Frigates=20 HMAS Arunta and HMAS Warramunga will be the first RAN = warships=20 to trial =93flexible=20 crewing=94 under the Sea Change initiative, the = Systems=20 Commander, CDRE Geoff Geraghty has announced. Read = more here.

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

The first=20 patch for EA's NASCAR=20 SimRacing is due = out April=20 15th according to the official site. It was delayed by = additional=20 bug-fixes.

Sadly, the BAR Supercar mod for NASCAR Racing 2003 = Season is no more. Talks between = First-Racing=20 and the BAR mod team resulted in the team being unable = to=20 obtain a one-time license. Read the full statement at = m4driving here.

A couple of new = screenshots=20 from rFactor are available at m4driving=20 forums here.

The Wingmanteam has = updated=20 their 4.60 beta driver for Driving Force = Pro and it's available here. Thanks to Race = Sim=20 Central for the tip.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

Beyond3D reviews=20 the ABIT RX700=20 Pro-256PCIE Radeon X700 Pro=20 video card here.

TweakTown=20 looks at Asetek's Water Chill - = Premium Water=20 Cooling here.

Tech-Mods=20 tests out the = Case Buy USB Vacuum &=20 EZ power supply=20 tester here.

Short-Media tests=20 out Gigabyte's = GA-K8N=20 Ultra SLI = motherboard=20 here.

ExtremeMhz=20 tests out the = Saitek Eclipse = True-Vu illuminated keyboard here.

Legion=20 Hardware looks at = Gigabyte's G-Power Cooler = Pro=20 here.

LAN = Addict=20 puts Albatron's = PC6600GT video card through its = paces here.

The = Tech=20 Report reviews = Shuttle's XPC = ST20G5 barebones system and puts it = through its=20 paces here.

Community News for April = 11,=20 2005

Have comments, questions for = SimHQ?=20 Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=20 Have news? Send to news@simhq.com.

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: "Col. Gibbon" has posted HR PAW ship models. "Herr Shreck" = has posted=20 a 4-tile version of Bora Bora. "Sandbagger's" latest news is out. = "FlyRight" has posted a preview of the Uhu. "Gurney" has = resumed=20 work on the 3DZ studio project. "Knegel" has = announced=20 the "bug-fixed" EAWrp2.6 is on the way to = Sandbaggers.=20 "Knegel" is looking for help with hidden EAW.ini entries. "J.Tuma" = has posted=20 some cockpit screenshots of the B.534/4.

EECH /=20 EEAH: "K6_Scorpion" has posted a new video.

Fighter=20 Squadron: Scream 'n Demons Over Europe: "Major = Hippie"=20 has announced SDOE Sound and Visual Effects Pack = version=20 1.2 has been released.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: "Top Gun" has posted VFA-25 Fist of the Fleet skins. = "Rocky" has=20 posted new skins. The following are now = available=20 at Flightsim: FS2004 Gas Tankers = (FILENAME:=20 xgas.zip). FS2004 Cargo Ships (FILENAME: xcargox.zip). = FS2004=20 SearchICAO, a program which enables you to quickly = search for=20 the ICAO code of the airport in which you want to fly = to=20 (FILENAME: icaosrch.zip). FS2004 FS Design Shop = Version Of A=20 Blimp (FILENAME: airblimp.zip). FS2004 Stearman Kaydet = (6=20 texture choices) and Eagle Field scenery (FILENAME:=20 stear04.zip). FS2004 Real Waves (FILENAME: = realwave.zip).=20 FS2004 Realistic Airport Terrain (FILENAME: = realterr.zip).=20 FS2004 FSContrail2004 Replaces 2D contrails with 3D = ones=20 (FILENAME: fscont04.zip). Gmax Models Of Historic = Lighthouses=20 (FILENAME: histlite.zip).

Helicopter Sims: "+G" = has=20 posted on LB2 modding. A new SimHQ Forum for = Longbow=20 has been created here.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters: Scorched Earth has posted = Luftkrieg update=20 information. "Dano" has done a Skins and Things update on his = web-site.=20 "RaFiGer" has posted new Luftwaffe skins. The 411 Shark = Squadron now=20 has a new dedicated server on = Hyperlobby. "Gryne"=20 has posted some screenshots of the new clouds. =

Jane's=20 F/A-18: "_Frenchy" has made some modifications = so that=20 a second controller works. The sound = description data file is here.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: NaturalPoint is going to sell the = boxed retail=20 copy of 1.1. Tanks to "WalterNowi" for the heads = up.=20 "eonel" has posted some 1.1 (with seasonal pack) = screenshots.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "capun" has = announced=20 the He-111 H6 is now available. = "Gepard" has=20 uploaded a railwaystation for DRV terrain. = "fubar_512"=20 has posted a procedure to add navigation lights to the = MiG-25.=20 "Charles" has released a WWII formations mod. "kreelin" has = released=20 an upgrade of the QMD editor. "WhiteKnight06604" has = uploaded=20 an IL-28 Beagle skin in Egyptian Air force colors and = a camo=20 version of the Yak-28 Brewer. Click here. "Gramps" has posted a R.A.F. P-51D skin. "Gramps" has = announced=20 two Fw-190 desert skins. "The Wrench" = has=20 released a WoV B-52D Hangar Screen. "kout" = has released=20 preview screens of Iran Iraq. = "Diego" has=20 created three new WWII Japanese pilot types. = "Geo" has=20 announced a new Bf109G10 "White 17" skin based on = a Claes=20 Sundin color plate. "Gaston" has released a new = mission, "The Chase for Adm. Yamamoto."

General=20 News: "Auton" is looking for help with the beta = development of Target Hanoi, a module for = Targetware.=20 "Freycinet" has found a Seven page interview with Chuck Yeager. = "Freycinet" has=20 found a video of a dog in a zero G environment. = "602RAF_Puff"=20 has posted one of his drawings here. Aeroplane Heaven has a Lavochkin La-9 that is compatible = with CFS3,=20 FS2002, and FS2004. Moroccan-born actor Jean Reno and=20 "Spider-Man" supporting player James Franco will head = the cast=20 of the upcoming aerial combat drama "Flyboys," about a group of = Americans who=20 served in the French air force during World War I. = Thanks to=20 "PipsPriller" for the info. "Kestrel" passes along this link to an interesting = article on WWI=20 aviation.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

Tanksim has=20 some new screenshots and an overview of Battlefront's upcoming tank sim, = T-72: Balkans on = Fire! Read here.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

WIN! Silent Hunter III and Silent Hunter III Recognition = Manuals.=20 Ubisoft and Pro-G have teamed up to bring you a = lovely, easy,=20 competition where you can win a copy of Silent Hunter = III and=20 a recognition manual, and there's some additional = prizes of=20 recognition manuals. The ship recognition manuals are = in high=20 demand right now with everyone wanting one, make sure = that you=20 enter to be in with a chance! Enter the competition by = heading=20 over to the Pro-G web site and answering a very simple = question here.

Silent Hunter III Reviews... = Games Extreme - 9/10; Jolt - 9/10;=20 PCGameWorld - 94%; Firing Squad - 91%

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Boomtown=20 reviews GTR here. Thanks to Blackhole=20 Motorsports for the tip.

Blackhole=20 Motorsports also has a link to the new trailer = from the=20 upcoming Squadra Corse=20 Alfa Romeo game here.

A new car for = GTR;=20 Mucielago Harrison Motorsports, joins other add-on = cars here at m4driving.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

Bona Fide=20 Reviews looks at = Antec's 1650B small tower case here.

The = Tech=20 Report delves into = the world of=20 core logic=20 chipsets here.

Overclocker Cafe=20 tests out the A-Top=20 Gladiator case = here.

Ninjalane reviews=20 the Alpha = PAL8150 Athlon=20 64 heatsink = here.

PC=20 Perspective has an = SIS760GX mobo roundup here.

PC = Stats=20 checks out MSI's NX6800GT-T2D256E = Geforce=20 6800GT video = card here.

3DGameMan reviews=20 the Thermaltake = PurePower 350W = fanless=20 heatpipe cooling PSU here.

X-bit=20 Labs reviews the = Western Digital Scorpio 2.5" = hard drive = here.

CoolTechZone has a commentary = titled Mass=20 Confusion Rules the Graphics Market. Read it here.

HotHardware has some info and a = photo on the=20 new Asus' nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition motherboard, = dubbed the=20 P5ND2-SLI
Deluxe. Take a look here.

Looking for a job? Tripwire=20 Interactive (of Red=20 Orchestra fame) is looking for "highly talented = and=20 dedicated individuals to work on upcoming PC and next=20 generation console projects". For more details as well = as the=20 contact addresses for applications, please refer to = the Tripwire web site.

The SimHQ Monthly Calendars for = April=20 2005

Download a calendar by = clicking on the=20 thumbnails. The files are approximately 250 kb.


Thanks to GMX = Media for=20 this screenshot from their upcoming sim, Battle = of=20 Britain 2: Wings of Victory. The size is = 1280x960.	This Silent Hunter III = image was=20 taken by Staffer Fran Mulhern. The size is=20 1024x768.

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