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Quick Start The PC Gaming Alliance
tries to play console catch-up ................ 08Head2Head Point-and-shoot vs.
digital SLR .............................................. 14WatchDog Maximum PC takes
a bite out of bad gear ............................. 16How To Slim down your Vista
installation with vLite .............................. 62Ask the Doctor Diagnosing
and curing your PC problems ................ 66!oHNeHNs
R&D We get up close and personal
with viruses.......................................... 70In the Lab CrossFireX: tested ....... 72
In/Out You write, we respond.......... 94
Rig of the Month Ken Kirby’s
Super Bee............................................ 96Departments
Reviews
Gaming rig Falcon Northwest
FragBox II ................................................. 74Videocard EVGA e-GeForce
9600 GT SSC Edition .............................. 76Optical drive Lite-On 20A4PU
EZ-Dub ..................................................... 76Wi-Fi router Trendnet
Easy-N-Upgrader TEW-637AP ............... 78Hard drive Samsung HD103UJ
Terabyte Drive .......................................... 78Speakers Audioengine A2 ............... 79
Display ViewSonic VLED221wm ....... 81
Earbuds Future Sonics Atrio m8 ....... 83
Frontlines ............................................... 84Gaming
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