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Unreal Tournament 2004 Bring out the Big Guns PCG133.Cover Nv 2 3 20/1/2004 4:55 PM Page 2 PCG133.cover_nv 20/1/04 6:18 pm Page 13 Issue 03 THE WAY It’s Meant To Be Played Ultimate PC gaming with GeForce FX Unreal Tournament 2004 Bring out the big guns PCG133.cover_nv_2_3 20/1/2004 4:55 PM Page 2 Contents 04 06 06 07 07 08 10 10 11 12 15 What’s new in hardware 04. Unreal Tournament 2004 08. Call Of Duty 12. Forceware 15. The Future Network plc is a public company. Produced by Printed in the UK © Future Publishing 2004 All images and materials are property of their respected owners. Future Plus 30 Monmouth Street, Bath, BANES, BA1 2BW All Rights Reserved. Printed by GeForce FX GPU pictures © NVIDIA Cover picture © Unreal Tournament 2004 Cover picture Precision Colour Print, Telford Copyright 2004 Epic Games Inc. All rights reserved.” ➔ 2 PCG133.cover_nv_2_3 20/1/2004 4:55 PM Page 3 In this issue Bring the games to life NVIDIA is committed to delivering blistering performance and visuals, and making PC gaming as easy as possible. This is the way it's meant to be played… elcome to the third issue of NVIDIA’s about the very latest TWIMTBP W The Way It’s Meant To Be Played games, including an exclusive magazine, which is dedicated to showcasing interview with the creators of first- the games participating in the ‘NVIDIA®: The person shooter Unreal Tournament way it's meant to be played™ (TWIMTBP)’ 2004 on page 8, and the eagerly- programme. This collaboration between anticipated World War II epic Call Of Duty NVIDIA, NVIDIA's hardware partners, and the on page 12. world's finest game developers and publishers If you’re looking for information on the is designed to give consumers the ultimate latest NVIDIA hardware, then check out our out-of-the-box experience. feature on page 4 on NVIDIA’s hardware NVIDIA works directly with game creators, partners and the exciting new products providing the hardware and software tools based on NVIDIA’s 5900 XT chipset, which that make it possible to create compelling combine amazing performance with game content, such as realistic life-like unbeatable value for money. characters and breathtaking cinematic On page 14, we tell you how can identify environments. The collaboration also ensures the games that carry the TWIMTBP seal of the compatibility, stability and reliability of approval, so that you can ensure you get that games within the TWIMTBP programme. ultimate 'install-and-play' experience with In this issue of the magazine, you can read each PC game that you buy. NVIDIA TECHNOLOGY DEMO: VULCAN Vulcan, the god of fire, toils at his anvil forging the metals of the earth when one of the sparks of his forge takes flight. Angered, Vulcan attempts to crush the annoyance, but it's too quick. He chases it all around his sanctuary to no avail, as he's too slow to vanquish the pest. Tired and dizzy, Vulcan makes one last attempt to get rid of the pest, but he's overcome with fatigue and shadowing with multiple light he fizzles. sources add extra atmosphere and Vulcan, the NVIDIA technology authenticity to the scene. demo, features realistic fire, smoke, You can experience the heat of and glow that fully utilises volumetric Vulcan's frustration first-hand with a texturing and render-to-texture tech- GeForce FX 5900 GPU powering niques. Next-generation lighting and your PC. ➔ Visit NVIDIA online. UK: www.nvidia.co.uk US: www.nvidia.com 3 PCG133.cover_nv_4_5 21/1/04 10:59 am Page 12 The way it’s meant to be played What’s new in hardware Look for cards produced by a selection of NVIDIA’s partner companies. Gainward ince merging with the TNC ‘Golden Sample’ range. With many S group in 1997, Gainward has hand-selected components, high risen to become the top graphics speed memory chips, and the card manufacturer in its native proprietary tuning techniques to Taiwan. Further reinforcing its maximise 3D performance all strength with branches in the UK, making the most of NVIDIA the USA, Hong Kong and Sweden, it technology, Golden Sample has has also pushed ever onwards in quickly become a firm favourite with research and development. The fruits both dedicated 3D enthusiasts of this labour are to be found in the and serious PC users alike. MSI SI is the world’s leading brand, recognised by the industry M manufacturer of innovative for value, expertise, and amazing graphics card and multimedia software and games bundles. With solutions. The company provides exclusive cooling and power cutting-edge products for commercial management technologies such as and consumer markets, such as the renowned TwinFlow™ and E3 performance or value graphics card, Power Cube™. If you require feature- internal and external TV Tuner cards rich, high performance graphics and combo graphics card (VGA+ TV cards, then you don’t need to look Tuner). MSI is also an award-winning further than MSI. Leadtek L eadtek Research Inc is, as the Utilising NVIDIA technology, name suggests, a company Leadtek's Winfast Series 3D cards with a dedication to research and provide a wide range of options for development. A specialist in the video input and output, hardware design and manufacture of video monitoring, and even overclocking. card solutions since 1986, its With a complete set of connection industry-leading ISO9001 standard cables provided with every product, manufacturing facility gives it the Leadtek purchasers are able to start ability to produce graphics solutions appreciating the power of NVIDIA to a wide range of specifications. right away. ➔ 4 PCG133.cover_nv_4_5 21/1/04 11:00 am Page 13 What’s new in hardware Gigabyte Technology ounded in 1986, Gigabyte advanced 3D gaming to digital and F Technology has steadily built itself video cinematography. an unshakable reputation and solid With an enticing games bundle, foundation in the computer industry on this new product packs an amazing the reliability of its motherboards and punch in terms of not only speed, add-on card products. and performance but also The new GV-N595U-GT card based affordability. Gigabyte Technology on the Geforce FX 5950 Ultra chipset has received multiple awards due guarantees maximum performance in a to the innovative features and wide range of applications from specifications of its products. PNY Technologies leading manufacturer of many new systems also boast A memory and graphics PNY’s NVIDIA-based cards. products for almost 20 years, PNY Its Verto range typically Technologies has become a firm reinforces a firm commitment to favourite with buyers at retailers provide solutions for every such as PC World, Dixons, and application and budget, with both Currys, as well as online suppliers AGP and PCI versions of the such as Dabs. Partnerships with Geforce FX 5200, along with companies such as Dell, Epson, Geforce FX 5200 Ultra and Geforce IBM, Sony and Toshiba means FX 5600 models. Point Of View lthough only established in 2000, a significant presence in over A Point Of View enjoys phenomenal 25 countries). success, with an extensive range of Having shipped in excess of graphics cards now available in more 1.3 million graphics cards to date, than 25 countries. the Amsterdam-based Point Of Having built a strong reputation for View continues to grow at an after sales service and technical support, exponential rate, and is fast Point Of View has become a familiar becoming the NVIDIA technology brand in specialist stores, chains and supplier of choice for an ever-increasing hypermarkets right across Europe (with number of PC owners. XFX U niquely catering to the needs standard editions are complemented of gamers is a no-brainer for by Executioner Edition versions and XFX, given its technical team is high-end, uniquely tweaked ‘Extreme composed of die-hard games fans. Gamer’s Edition’ models. XFX also The Extreme Effects range is ‘For produces three Personal Cinema Gamers, By Gamers’, something that editions, of which the FX5900-based informs every one of its 35 different 256Mb Personal Cinema Solution NVIDIA-based retail models. An currently represents the absolute extensive range, it encompasses pinnacle of the videogame graphics both PCI and AGP variants, while card technology. ➔ Visit NVIDIA online. UK: www.nvidia.co.uk US: www.nvidia.com 5 PCG133.cover_nv_6_7 20/1/2004 4:57 PM Page 12 The way it’s meant to be played Case study: Painkiller I Painkiller gives you the modelling, inverse kinematics, and opportunity to shoot at 20 ragdoll animations courtesy of the varieties of undead enemies. Havok 2.0 physics engine, the game is able to generate realistic death animations for enemies. For instance, fire a stakegun into one of the 20 types of undead that populate the game and you’ll see the creature react to the exact area it’s been skewered, dangling helplessly if pinned to a wall. “Partnering with NVIDIA proves how seriously people are taking Painkiller,” says Richard Wah Kan, president and CEO, Dreamcatcher. “Their reputation is second to none, and we're convinced that Painkiller will look and play even better using their hardware.” The excuse for all this gruesome action is a story in which the hero is Publisher: Dreamcatcher effects. It has been designed to deliver sent to purgatory, where he must Developer: People Can Fly 100 times the number of polys found battle hordes of demons. And given Release: March in rival games, and lavishes 8,000 per that developer People Can Fly boasts creature, while the 19 levels are built world Quake champions, it’s no Consider the elements that go into using around half a million apiece. A surprise to discover that Painkiller making a winning first-person shooter ‘real world’ lighting distribution model pulls out all the stops in multiplayer, and you’ll find they’ve been adds atmosphere and visual with five neat twists on the usual incorporated into Painkiller, but not complexity via ambient and per-pixel deathmatch theme.
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