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Quick Start AMD’s new videocard;
RIAA wins infringement lawsuit .............. 08

Head2Head Traditional hard drive
vs. its hybrid counterpart ....................... 16

WatchDog Maximum PC takes
a bite out of bad gear ............................. 20

How To Benchmark your rig
without breaking the bank ...................... 62

Ask the Doctor Diagnosing
and curing your PC problems ................ 65

Contents


R&D How touch-screen
technology works ................................ 68

In the Lab Introducing our new
system benchmarks ............................ 70

In/Out You write, we respond........ 142


Rig of the Month
David Broadwater’s Fridge PC .......... 144

Departments


Reviews


Gaming rig AVA Direct
Core 2 Duo SLI Gaming System.............. 76

Terabyte drives
Western Digital Caviar GP; Seagate
Barracuda 7200.11 ................................. 78

30-inch LCD Gateway
XHD3000 .................................................. 80

24-inch LCDs Westinghouse
L2410NM; Planar PX2411W;
HP W2408 ................................................ 82

Combo drive LG Super Multi
Blue GGW-H20LI .................................... 85

SATA enclosure SilverStone
DS351 ....................................................... 85

CPU coolers Kingwin Revolution
RVT-9225; Zalman Reserator XT ............. 86

Media player Archos 605 WiFi....... 88


DECEMBER 2007 MAXIMUMPC

iPod speaker B&W Zeppelin
iPod Speaker Dock .................................. 88

Noise-canceling
headphones
Creative Aurvana X-Fi .............................. 90

Speakers KRK VXT 4 Studio
Monitors .................................................. 90

Audio editing Sony Acid
Music Studio ............................................ 92

Video editing Ulead
VideoStudio 11 Plus ................................. 92

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The Orange Box ................................... 94

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars .......... 96

World in Conflict .................................. 96

Gaming


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