Well some good news at last. Absolutely no lockups tonight. I upgraded my DirectX to 8.1 and so far the first time on, I experienced no lockups. However on the flip side of the coin, I thought game play was wierd tonight, very mushy with alot of rubber bullets and general poor network connect. I could not land a single mission all night. Anyways good news, no lockups with DirectX 8.1. Well see what happens tomorrow.