I've been using Chrome for a long time with minimal (on occasion) meter issues - I also separate WGT by only using Chrome for gameclient and IE for all other applications. With all the praise I hear about Max 3, I may just crack the top on that bottle, download it, and see what all the hullabaloo is about.
On Chrome, I disable PepFlash as well. I'm not as big of a fan of cache-clearing though.