The 8890 has dual channel ram which is a plus (I'm not sure whether or not that issue was solved over at Alienware. For a while they where claiming it had dual channel but it really didn't. You should investigate that a little...
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When the processor is not being used a lot - for example, during web surfing and such, are the fans off and completely off on the 8890? Or is it like, the fans are always on no...
I know it's a long shot but, maybe windows built in wifi management stuff isn't to good. Try this:
http://www.boingo.com/download.html
Like I said, it's a long shot.
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Too bad that you bought it without the HDD, TV Tuner, CPU, and Video Cards. The price; however, appears to be good. Good Luck!
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okej where is my super computer?
Everyone is hiding it from you. The 8790 was released 2 weeks ago, some people already have theirs....
On a more serious note,...
You should be getting around 1000 with the 8887 so thats an ok score. Update your drivers if you want to feel like you are making it better... As far as partitioning, I have a 60 gb hard drive partitioned into 2 30's, one for games,...