_{Cover of the April 1999 issue of Maximum PC}

Maximum PC was my favorite PC magazine. It was also one of the last major PC magazines to survive in print form. This was a magazine for PC enthusiasts with an emphasis on things like custom builds, overclocking, etc. The April 1999 issue includes:

Features

Operation: Overclock - A guide to overclocking. In this article are attempts at overclocking the P200 MMX, Celeron 300A, Pentium II 266MHz, and TNT Videocard. Plus a look at various cooling solutions.

AMD K6-III: Third Time's a Charm - The K6-III was faster than at least the early versions of the Pentium III at the same clock speed. The big advantage of the K6-III over the K6-2 was the built-in cache. Not only was it faster than motherboard cache but it also eliminated the memory restrictions of motherboard cache.

Interrogation: nVidia - A look at nVidia's next gen video card, the TNT2.

_{Table of Contents from the April 1999 issue of Maximum PC}

Voices

Ed Word - The death of one of Maximum PCs editors.

Comm Port - Letters from readers on improving modem performance, multiple magazine covers, Direct3D, identifying rebranded monitors, and more.

Fast Forward - This month's future technology is eXtensible Markup Language (or XML).

On the Line - MP3s and the threat they represent to the music industry.

Game Theory - Piracy and its threat to gaming companies.

The Saint - The mass hysteria surrounding the Y2K bug.

News

Inside Sources - Users who use an OS other than Windows seek refunds from PC vendors. It seems something in the Windows 98 license promises that.

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Tech Files

Watchdog - 3D Distribution goes out of business; EPS also goes out of business; Stargate 2000 owner pleads guilty to fraud; problems with a Micron laptop; and more.

Ask the Doctor - Questions answered about hard drive speeds and upgrading a Pentium II, reducing windows resource consumption, virtual memory, floppy drive alternatives, TCP/IP, overclocking, and more.

Terminator - A glossary of technical terms.

Products

Peripheral Vision - The Voodoo3 from 3Dfx was a huge disappointment and the beginning of the end of the Voodoo line. 3Dfx would be purchase by nVidia.

Previews - Early looks at 3Dfx's Voodoo 3 and System Shock 2.

Reviews - Reviews of the Sony VAIO PCV-E518DS (PC featuring a 500MHz Pentium III, 128MB SDRAM, Matrox G200 video card with 8MB SDRAM, 17GB hard drive), Compaq Presario 1900 (laptop featuring a 366MHz mobile Pentium II, 64MB SDRAM, NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV AGB with 2.5MB SGRAM, 1024x768 display), SGI 320 NT Workstation (workstation from SGI featuring dual Pentium III 500MHz CPUS, Cobalt video, 512MB ECC SDRAM, 10GB hard drive), Shark Multimedia Leopard Pocket USB, Multi-Tech MultiModem USB, U.S. Robotics 56K Voice Faxmodem Pro, Kenwood 52x TrueX (a CD-ROM drive so fast it sometimes made CDs explode), AOpen CD-948E 48x, Plextor UltraPLEX Wide, Iomega Zip 250, Addonics Pocket SuperDisk, Diamond Rio PMP300 (before the iPod, the Diamond Rio line was probably the most popular MP3 players), Director 7, Partition Commander with System Commander, PartitionMagic 4.0 with BootMagic, Lumiere Video Studio, Video Studio 3.0, VideoWave II, Avid Cinema, Hip Hop eJay, Acid Music, Studio Pro, Music Maker Deluxe V2000, TurboTax Deluxe, European Air War, WWII Fighters, Combat Flight Simulator, Grim Fandango, and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron.