Originally posted by JB73
my first guess would be windows processes running int he background
my second guess would be some type of spyware
both would show up as "lag" on your FE big time, and with a new system just fresh plugged in, it might not have all the tweaks / security you had in the past
again as stated by another poster, "Lag" has almost nothing to do with your video card at all
either spyware, or a network problem
if you are really having 35 hops to HTC then get a new ISP that is rediculous. you shouldn't go over like 16 i thought