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36 MA XIMUMPC OCTOBER 2004 roving profiles without the hassle of administering a Windows domain. The Longhorn Castle is a mini d ...

OCTOBER 2004 MA XIMUMPC 37 Turn WinXP into Longhorn Here are 4 steps you can take today to make Windows XP look and function lik ...

OUR MISSION: Find the best gaming pc ever built by mankind Far Cry (1280x1024) Far Cry (1600x1200) 3DMark 2003 3DMark 2003 CPU 3 ...

OCTOBER 2004 MA XIMUMPC 41 OUR MISSION: Find the best gaming pc ever built by mankind LINE ‘EM UP AND SHOOT ‘EM DOWN! Far Cry (1 ...

BESTGAMINGPCS ABS ULTIMATE X6 With a reputation for providing quality parts at low prices, ABS isn’t typically mentioned in the ...

based on a Lian Li frame, and the paint job is about as good as it gets, with a sparkling metallic black exterior that is gratif ...

MA XIMUMPC OCTOBER 2004 BESTGAMINGPCS VELOCITY MICRO GAMER’S EDGE FX It’s hard to believe that Velocity Micro has gone from kitc ...

BESTGAMINGPCS ALIENWARE AURORA ALX Although Alienware is one of the oldest and most respected names in perfor- mance-gaming PCs, ...

BESTGAMINGPCS THE WINNER— BY A HAIR! It’s funny how two completely different CPUs, chipsets, and systems could pro- duce such si ...

THE 10 BEST DEEP WITHIN THE RECESSES OF THE INTERNET, BEYOND THE SCOPE OF UNSUSPECTING EYES, LURK A NUMBER OF LITTLE-KNOWN SOFTW ...

One of the greatest inven- tions of our time is the RSS feed. There are different inter- pretations of the acronym, “rich site s ...

OCTOBER 2004 MA XIMUMPC 3 RSS Bandit App Rocket AM-DeadLink You know the drill: You come across an awe- some Flash-based web si ...

10 Unheard of Utilities  MA XIMUMPC OCTOBER 2004 OCTOBER 2004 MA XIMUMPC  Express WebPictures Whether you like to collect an ...

Sure, adding album art to your MP3 folders isn’t as high on the priority list as, say, performing a clean install of Windows, bu ...

10 Unheard of Utilities 6 MA XIMUMPC OCTOBER 2004 Once you start the utility, you will see the contents of your DVD. The main e ...

We explain how gaming’s most sophisticated 3D engine works THE SECRET WORLD OF A MAXIMUM PC SPECIAL REPORT.......A MAXIMUM PC SP ...

OCTOBER 200 4 MA XIMUMPC 59 A MAXIMUM PC SPECIAL REPORT.......A MAXIMUM PC SPECIAL REPORT.......A MAXIMUM PC SPECIAL REPORT..... ...

W ithout a doubt, Doom 3 is the most technically advanced PC game ever built. From the revolutionary graphics engine to the hype ...

burden on your system’s videocard and CPU. Let’s take a look at how stencil shad- ows (sometimes called shadow volumes) work so ...

MA XIMUMPC SEPTEMBER 2004 tex shader programs: small programs that can modify data at different points in the 3D pipeline. Reade ...