Hi tl & busta,
Fair comment, I'm running a P4, 3GHz, 1.5MB RAM...about 3 yrs old so probably mid pack.

I don't know what the guy was running with the 7600GT.

Based on the big FS One thread, a lot of performance issues were resolved by making sure you have the very latest downloaded sound card, video and graphics drivers. Some needed to get the latest bios too for their computer. You might try these first because they're free.

cheers,
Dave