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MAXIMUMPC

Quick Start Finally, offi cial

open-source ATI drivers for Linux .......... 08

Head2Head What’s the best

big-screen choice, an LCD

monitor or TV? ....................................... 16

WatchDog Maximum PC takes

a bite out of bad gear ............................. 18

How To Become the king

of fi rst-person shooters .......................... 70

Ask the Doctor Diagnosing

and curing your PC problems ................ 74

Contents

R&D Learning to love lasers ............ 76

In the Lab How we review

computer chassis ................................ 78

In/Out You write, we respond........ 110

Rig of the Month

Troy Fryfogle’s Hellusion ................... 112

Departments

Reviews

Gaming rig

HP Blackbird 002 ..................................... 80

Ultraportable notebook

Toshiba Portege R500 ............................ 82

Notebook drives

Mtron MSD-S25032; Western Digital

WD2500BEVS Scorpio; Seagate

Momentus 7200.2 .................................... 84

Videocard HIS Radeon HD

2600XT iSilenceIII ................................... 86

Case SilverStone Temjin TJ10 ........... 86

HOLIDAY 2007 MAXIMUMPC

3D monitor iZ3D 22-inch LCD ........ 88

Monitor Hanns.G HG281DPB

28-inch LCD ............................................. 88

Hard drive enclosure

Icy Dock MB664US-1S ........................... 90

Portable speaker

Griffin Journi Mobile Speaker .................. 90

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BioShock ................................................ 92

Gaming

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Gord Goble, Tom Halfhill, Thomas
McDonald, Robert Strohmeyer, Charlie White
EDITOR EMERITUS Andrew Sanchez

ART
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PRODUCTION
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