for christmas i bought a better vid card Nividia GeForce 7600 gt over the ATI 9200 that i had and i added on a gig of memory (1.5 gig now) and the game is running alot better, i dont notice any better graphics but the frame rates went from 20 or below to 30-50+ and the small hangups or freezes are gone too. (it must not all been from my dial up connection speed)
