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Quick Start What’s next for
Net radio? ............................................... 08Head2Head Gyroscopic mouse
deathmatch! ........................................... 14WatchDog Maximum PC takes
a bite out of bad gear ............................. 18How To Overhaul your MP3 library .... 66
Ask the Doctor Diagnosing
and curing your PC problems ................ 69Contents
R&D Flash memory: It’s everywhere,
but how does it work? ......................... 70In the Lab We test whether DX
really makes games look better ............ 72In/Out You write, we respond........ 102
Rig of the Month Gary Willett’s
Animatronic Mod ............................... 104Departments
Reviews
Laptop Asus C90S .............................. 74
Gaming rig Project War Machine
M1 Elite..................................................... 76SATA DVD drives Samsung
SH-S203B; Plextor PX-810SA ................ 78CPU cooler Coolink Silentator ....... 79
Cases Cooler Master Cosmos;
NZXT Lexa Blackline ............................... 80Media streamer Creative
Xmod Wireless ........................................ 82OCTOBER 2007 MAXIMUMPC 07
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UFO: Extraterrestrials ........................ 82Lost Planet ............................................ 84Gaming
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