[Frambosie]

like some said, its not the vid card. The ti 4600 is way ahead of its time, no games, in the near future, will require 128 megs of DDR ram. THe biggest issue is that your computer lags on the RAM. Ram, as you all know is crucial. Every Microsoft operating system, aside from XP, is a bitch with ram. As you know, RAM (random acess mem) is used up when u access a program etc...but once you close out that porgram you will NOT get that RAM back. The great thing about win XP is that, once you close out a program, you get the RAM back. So, if you have 256megs (which is rather low) and you were previsouly running aplications, you really dont have 256 megs, you prob have somewhere between 190 and 200 megs, depending on the type of apps you were running. ANother thing, i would personally never buy a GeForce 4 ti 4600 with such low ram. You have to figure some things whey you get a new card. Do i have the ghzage to power such a powerfull card? Do i have the RAM? Can my power supply meet the challenge? THese are obvious but one many dont consider is there AGP slot. GeForce model cards (unless PCI) use an AGP slot on the motherboard. This reduces the bottle neck, now the GF 4 will accept a 2.0 AGP or higher. I wouldnt reccomed using it on an AGP 2.0..3.0 or 4.0 is the best way to get the most out of your card. Aside from all this bs, you have to figure...like ruedog said the MOHAA Engine isnt the unreal 03 engine, it was never deisnged to render massive outdoor enviroments. Aside from this, if your running at a extreamly high rez, you have everything turned up to the max, and your play multiplayer with 30 ppl, or playing Omaha SP...you have to expct slow down. MOst of the bench marks are taken at a rez of 800x600 (i think). By running everything at insane rez. and all the gfx up, your stressing the card...thats why you have chugging...and dont go out an buy a stupid as ATI, next month Nvidia releases the Nv30..which is the next generation in GFX architexture...its gonna blow ATI out of the water, plus ATI is compatable with nothing..sitck with Nvidia...

- hope i helped

-Fram-