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    Poll: Have you called Alienware about your 5870cf?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ksufiji, Jul 30, 2010.

  1. ksufiji

    ksufiji Notebook Consultant

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    Have you called 1-800 Alienware about your problems with your 5870cf problems?

    If not, please do so today.
     
    ksufiji, Jul 30, 2010
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  2. Predator4rmMars

    Predator4rmMars Notebook Evangelist

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    The reason for my call was to verify why my temps showed a 10 degree difference between the two and to make sure that my cards weren't fried after running multi-gpu furmark for 15 minutes watching my primary card reach 100 degrees celsius :eek:
     
    Predator4rmMars, Jul 30, 2010
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  3. rippeer

    rippeer Notebook Evangelist

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    I wasn't aware I had problems? I've been playing battlefield bad company 2 and MOH beta with out problem.
     
    rippeer, Jul 30, 2010
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  4. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    I don't have problems. I scored 19K+ on vantage woith these cards. I certainly can't complain
     
    DR650SE, Jul 30, 2010
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  5. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Nice to hear... a welcome change of pace from the driver threads.
     
    BatBoy, Jul 30, 2010
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  6. TurbodTalon

    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    And I'm right behind him. I certainly can't complain.
     
    TurbodTalon, Jul 30, 2010
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  7. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Yea, so far everything so seems to be going well. My only issue is that it requires several restarts at times to post which can be frustrating when benching and you lock it up or push it till it freezes. Though I havn't done any gaming yet.
     
    DR650SE, Jul 30, 2010
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  8. TurbodTalon

    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Say what? :confused:
     
    TurbodTalon, Jul 30, 2010
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  9. JaiaV

    JaiaV Notebook Evangelist

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    My 5870 CF has been working just fine for the 3 days I've had it. I've put it through every game I can think of and it runs great. That's with the base Dell drivers (mostly Crysis, Unreal Tournament 3, Everquest 2 (believe it or not, Extreme Quality settings on EQII are ROUGH), and a few other games, they run flawlessly (cept a few plants in the very far distance on Crysis glitch just slightly)). I have nothing to complain about. My cards rarely ever go over 74 C on full load (sometimes 80C).

    My framerates are great and no major problems yet *knocks on wood*.
     
    JaiaV, Jul 30, 2010
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  10. frozenarcticguy

    frozenarcticguy Notebook Deity

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    Mine has been working fine, it was a pain to upgrade the drivers to 10.7 but it was worth it
     
    frozenarcticguy, Jul 30, 2010
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  11. phifer

    phifer Notebook Enthusiast

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    So you are not having the problems waking from sleep or using battery power?
     
    phifer, Jul 31, 2010
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  12. frozenarcticguy

    frozenarcticguy Notebook Deity

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    Actualy I just tried it on battery a few hours ago for the first time since the new drivers and the computer locks up, hmmmmmm
     
    frozenarcticguy, Jul 31, 2010
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  13. rippeer

    rippeer Notebook Evangelist

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    I've never bothered to check video card tempatures, what program do I use for that>
     
    rippeer, Jul 31, 2010
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  14. ksufiji

    ksufiji Notebook Consultant

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    Bump Call Today!!!!

    We Must Keep At It!!!!

    1 800 Alienware
     
    ksufiji, Aug 9, 2010
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  15. calingasan

    calingasan Notebook Geek

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    Called and getting a replacement for my 5870 cf
     
    calingasan, Aug 9, 2010
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