MaximumPC 2006 06

Y ou were supposed to be staring at a production PC sporting nVidia’s quad-SLI this month, but you’re not. Truth be told, we act ...

Our other benchmarks ran fine, however. In our Premiere Pro 2.0 benchmark, where we make a small movie starting with HD video an ...

reviews TESTED. REVIEWED. VERDICTIZED 70 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 2006 H ewlett-Packard certainly isn’t known for making high-end gaming ...

reviews TESTED. REVIEWED. VERDICTIZED 7 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 2006 W e examined reference-design cards featuring ATI and nVidia’s hig ...

reviews TESTED. REVIEWED. VERDICTIZED 74 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 2006 I t’s gotta be hard for an LCD monitor these days. For one thing, ...

But the 90GX2 isn’t fl awless. The backlight is visible around the perimeter, especially on a primarily dark screen. And in Disp ...

reviews TESTED. REVIEWED. VERDICTIZED 76 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 2006 Z alman’s amazing VF700-Cu ruled the graphics card-cooling roost w ...

C an’t afford a top-shelf videocard like the screamin’ XFX model reviewed on page 72? Take comfort in the knowledge that eVGA ha ...

W e’ve long been fans of Slim Devices’ audio-streaming boxes, having praised both the Squeezebox 1 and 2 with Kick Ass awards. S ...

reviews TESTED. REVIEWED. VERDICTIZED  MA XIMUMPC JUNE 2006 T he staggering success of Apple’s iPod has spawned a torrent of a ...

C ondemned: Criminal Origins is one of the creepiest single-player games we’ve ever played. It’s even scarier than FEAR, which i ...

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102 MAXIMUMPC JUNE 2006 We tackle tough reader questions on... PBoot Faster PZen Vision: M PHyper 6+ POGG PTube Tips BAD BOOT Re ...

XXXXXXX 2005 XXXXXXXXX 107 MAXIMUM PC ’ s DO IT YOURSELF! There’s nothing better than quality time with your loved one. Your PC, ...

104 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 2006 MAXIMUM PC (ISSN 1522-4279) is published 13 times a year (monthly, except semi- monthly in August) by F ...