Choke point

[Puck]

I'm feeling like my machine is not as spiffy as it should be.  It does have a huge virus on it called "Windows XP Pro", but otherwise looks to be pretty fast on paper.

At 1024 texture I get frame rates in the low fractions flying over a busy base.  At 512 textures I'll still slow down into the teens.  Generally I'm pegged at 60 (LCD refresh rate).

I run FSAutorun and kill most of the processes, including virus scanning.  Auto-update is off by default; I can update my own viruses.

Here are the specs.  Anyone have any ideas?

DxDiag.txt

[Chalenge]

Its your processor I think. I dont know your MB but when I went to an X2 processor a whole world of possiblities opened up. Im working on getting into an AM2 setup now but I am still doing research on which way to go. I like the looks of the ASUS M2N MB but they recommend the 4200 corsair ram I think it is and there is much faster ram available. This is where it gets confusing for me.