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[dazzashazza]

how much memory do you have and what type, is it the old SDRAM or the newer DDRAM ? most of the newer games need at least 512mb of memory and ideally 1 gig of memory in my opinion. also, not sure how good your card is but i run a geforce 6800LE and it just about runs the likes of FEAR, DOOM3 etc on the high settings. you really need a high end card to run these games at a decent frame rate otherwise you get this slowdown youre on about and often a freeze up cos the card cant cope with the detail processing quickly enough. overclocking isnt always a good idea as this can damage your card if youre not careful and cause the games to freeze up.

try running your card at the factory settings, not overclocked and make sure all other programs are off, you can check this by pressing control alt delete at the same time and a box will pop up telling you whats running. its ok to end any programs that are running here, this will free up some much needed memory to run your games.

sounds like you got a decent enough processor but you may need a better graphics card and more memory if youre still getting probs.

hope this helps.