welcome gigahertz205
make sure you have no spyware/adaware on your computer. and have you recently tried to tweak your internet? also do you have any software firewalls running.
I don't think Nvidia would go to Intel. I think they will do just fine by them selves, but if they had to go and get help from anyone i think it would be IBM.
well your not going to get a extra bar in your room, the only way your getting more bars in your room is if your provider puts a tower closer to you or you get a bigger antenna on your phone.