I'll try that out thks for the help.... I lowered the resolution from 1280x by 1024x tooo 1024x by 768x and there was no lag but my computer should be able to play this game fine maxed everything.... well except for the video card - 128MB radeon 9600.... what settings do u run it at because i found other people with the same situation but i'll try that spyware stuff out and make a virtual drive thks.