Maximum PC (February 2007)

Maximum PC (February 2007)

Maximum PC was by far my favorite PC magazine. Sadly, they recently ceased publication. I think it was the last monthly PC magazine being published in the U.S. The February 2007 issue includes:

Features

• Lean Machine - Maximum PC builds their version of the best budget PC possible for $1500. It features a BFG GeForce 8800 GTS video card, EVGA nForce 680i SLI motherboard, Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 CPU, 1GB Corsair TwinX DDR2/800 RAM, Antec Nine Hundred case, Antec TruePower Trio 650 power supply, Windows XP, 250GB Maxtor DiamondMax9 hard drive, and Lite-On SHM-165H6S optical drive.


• Vista - A look at Microsoft's latest OS and why you don't need it.


• Quad FX - A look at AMD's new enthusiast dual CPU Quad FX platform featuring two 3GHz AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 CPUs.

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Departments

• Quick Start - The Justice Department investigates Nvidia and AMD for GPU price fixing; AMD announces its 65mm processors and sets timeline for 45mm processors; HDMI version 1.3; and more.


• Head2Head - A comparison of the latest consoles (PS3, Wii and Xbox 360) and a modern gaming PC featuring a GeForce 8800.


• WatchDog - Maximum PC's consumer advocate weighs in on AVG, HP's expiring ink, and Dell notebook drivers.


• How To - A guide to using Google Search, Google Books, and more Google tools.


• Ask the Doctor - Questions answered about a potential power supply problem with an Athlon XP 2600 based machine, safely removing USB devices, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro refresh problems, and more.

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Reviews

• Gaming Rig: ABS Ultimate X8 III - Featuring an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 overclocked to 3.47GHz, EVGA Nvidia nForce 680i SLI motherboard, 2GB Corsair DR2/800, two 140GB Western Digital (10,000 RPM SATA) in a RAID-0 config, two GeForce 8800 GTXs, and more for a little over $4,600.


• Videocard: EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS - Nvidia's "cheaper" DirectX 10 card featuring 96 shaders and 640MB of GDDR3 for $440.


• MP3 Player: Samsung YP-K5 - An expensive MP3 player ($210) with only 2GB of memory.


• Media Player: Microsoft Zune - Zunes weren't cheap but I generally liked them better than iPods.


• Headphones: Ultrasone iCans - A decent pair of over the ear headphones for $129.


• Earbuds: Etymotic ety8 Bluetooth - Expensive, large and ugly but they get a good review here.


• HDTV Tuners - A look at two portable HDTV tuners including the Pinnacle PCV HD Pro Stick and Onair USB HDTV-GT.

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