Brand new XPS 9100 - VERY happy with it - see below:
Studio XPS 9100 Intel Core i7-960 processor(8MB L2 Cache, 3.20GHz)
9GB DDR3 Tri-Channel SDRAM at 1333MHz
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR @ 1920 x 1200 on a Dell U2410 Ultrasharp LCD
WD Velociraptor WD3000HLFS (replaced a 1TB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive 7200 RPM)
Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium
Windows 7 Ultimate
x64
I removed McAfee and installed Microsoft Security Essentials. Other than that it's as-shipped.
I am getting periodic 'pauses' or 'stuttering' during general use (web browsing, using My Computer) and games. Happens at random times but I can force it to occur at the opening screen of Modern Warfare 2 when you are selecting the game mode. If is move back and forth between them for about a minute, at some point, it'll hang up for a second or two. Also, when the game first starts, I hear the audio, but the opening graphics do not follow immediately.
Has anyone encountered this and what is the fix?
Can you suggest other boards where I could post this question? StorageReview.com? TomsHardware? Anandtech? etc.
It seems to me like something is 'polling' the system, causing it to stutter.
Some things I am considering:
- Hard Drive: Intel Rapid Store Technology - I removed it and the problem seems a lot less frequent now. Could the Raptor be having issues? Might it not be playing nice with the internals of this new Dell?
- Video drivers? I've got the latest right from AMD.
- RAM issues? MEMTEST86+ ran for an hour, everything's green.
- Other Dell bloatware - I uninstalled everything I could find and again it's better than it was but not completely gone.
Help please!
Thanks!
-kj-
Studio XPS 9100 Intel Core i7-960 processor(8MB L2 Cache, 3.20GHz)
9GB DDR3 Tri-Channel SDRAM at 1333MHz
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR @ 1920 x 1200 on a Dell U2410 Ultrasharp LCD
WD Velociraptor WD3000HLFS (replaced a 1TB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive 7200 RPM)
Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium
Windows 7 Ultimate
x64
I removed McAfee and installed Microsoft Security Essentials. Other than that it's as-shipped.
I am getting periodic 'pauses' or 'stuttering' during general use (web browsing, using My Computer) and games. Happens at random times but I can force it to occur at the opening screen of Modern Warfare 2 when you are selecting the game mode. If is move back and forth between them for about a minute, at some point, it'll hang up for a second or two. Also, when the game first starts, I hear the audio, but the opening graphics do not follow immediately.
Has anyone encountered this and what is the fix?
Can you suggest other boards where I could post this question? StorageReview.com? TomsHardware? Anandtech? etc.
It seems to me like something is 'polling' the system, causing it to stutter.
Some things I am considering:
- Hard Drive: Intel Rapid Store Technology - I removed it and the problem seems a lot less frequent now. Could the Raptor be having issues? Might it not be playing nice with the internals of this new Dell?
- Video drivers? I've got the latest right from AMD.
- RAM issues? MEMTEST86+ ran for an hour, everything's green.
- Other Dell bloatware - I uninstalled everything I could find and again it's better than it was but not completely gone.
Help please!
Thanks!
-kj-