I have an nforce 2 board with an AMD mobile XP CPU running 3000mhz with a Mach II cooler
768MB ram @ 400mhz DDR 2.2.2.11 Timings.
4x 36GB WD Raptor HDD on a 4 port rocket raid 0 setup giving about 140GB HDD space.
Chuck in an ATI X800XTPE for good measure and your laughing
See:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8463070
I was just running to bench on that run
I run the above speed 24/7 and have a real XTPE now, not a modded card. I won't be upgrading anytime soon
I think your version of the game is the US/Canada release where mine is the European release, thats where the problem may be.
Cheers
EDIT: I have an NEC DVD-RW, but I unplugged it when testing the image.