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PC PC MINIMUM BS • SEPTEMBER 2008 How to build the BEST PC EVER! » Dual quad-core CPUs » Top-secret GPUs » 8GB of memory ATI’s G ...

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SEPTEMBER 24 Dream Machine Without a doubt, this is the fastest —and most expensive—rig to ever grace our Lab. 44 ATI Attacks Af ...

http://www.maximumpc.com|SEP 08 |MAMAMAXIMXIMXIMXIMUUUUMMPPPCC| 07 I t seems like just last week I was writing about a new and i ...

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S o is PC gaming hosed? That seems to be the case for games that a) are not mas- sively multiplayer, b) don’t have “Sims” in the ...

12 |MAMAMAXIMXIMXIMXIMUUUUMMPPPCC|SEP 08 |www.maximumpc.com QUICKSTART^ THE BEGINNING OF THE MAGAZINE, WHERE ARTICLES ARE SMALL ...

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16 |MAMAMAXIMXIMXIMXIMUUUUMMPPPCC|SEP 08 |www.maximumpc.com DEATHMATCH ROUND 2 ROUND 1 COMPATIBILITY It doesn’t matter how many ...

http://www.maximumpc.com|SEP 08 |MAMAMAXIMXIMXIMXIMUUUUMMPPPCC| 17 And the Winner Is... N ever considered switching from your ro ...

Registry Cleaning The Dog asked readers for their feedback regarding reg- istry cleaners, and more spe- cifically, RegCure, whic ...

such as yourself, it is wiser to buy a modern motherboard and CPU, as it gets you far more performance without paying through th ...

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We navigate the choppy waters of hardware politics to build an uber-rig that makes no compromises BY THE MAXIMUM PC STAFF A Drea ...

No Guts, No Glory 26 | MAXIMUMPC | SEP 08 | http://www.maximumpc.com 2 3 Dream Machine ’08 sports some serious innards No Guts, ...

No Guts, No Glory http://www.maximumpc.com | SEP 08 | MAXIMUMPC | 27 (^14) 7 6 1 ...

28 | MAXIMUMPC | SEP 08 | http://www.maximumpc.com Quad core? Nerd, puhlease—that’s so 2008. Next year will be all about CPUs wi ...

3%| MAXIMUMPC | SEP 08 | http://www.maximumpc.com Intel’s original V8 S5000XVN motherboard was essentially a relabeled dual-Xeon ...

32 | MAXIMUMPC | SEP 08 | http://www.maximumpc.com Nvidia’s decision to not support Skulltrail with its brand-new GeForce GTX 28 ...