I have a new computer (August) Dell XPS and I am getting easily 30 or more Frames with sliders maxed out even in dense areas--but my system is hanging more than a murder in the 1800s... Any ideas as to what is causing it?System Specs:Pentium 4 3.0 GHZ HyperThreading Enabeled200 GB HDD which was just erased and reformatted--of the 189 G Bavailable, I have 179 Free1GB DDR SDRAMATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB Graphics Card WITH CATYLIST 3.9SB Audigy 2 soundcard WITH LATEST DRIVERSWindows XP HOME Joystick: Microsoft Force Feedback 2In the background of FS i will soemtimes have Norton Antivirus but normally I disable that. Hyperthreading info:I set FS9.exe to CPU 0 and realtime priority and everything else to CPU 1No PAGING fileIMPORTANT GRAPHICS SETTINGS:8x AGP Custom Open GL and Direct 3D both have 6x AA and 16x AF and all other sliders are set for qualityI also have Norton System Works 2003--I know it can put background apps on--any idea how to stop those??If anyone knows how to fix my hanging and my norton that would be great?

well to remoe apps from loading click on start, then run ans type msconfig. Go to the startup TAB and uncheck what you dn't want loading.For the hangups go to http://www.memtest86.com and make a bootable floppy and test your RAM. (it's free)

Does it hang at all? If it just stutters, than most likely it isn't your memory timings being too aggressive. Memtest will boot in DOS and test your memory for stability, however unstable ram usually freezes your system.Run MSConfig and remove all unecessary startup apps...but make sure you know which you are turning off. You can shut Norton off here, as well as under the "Services Tab" within MSCONFIG, however MAKE SURE you click "HIDE ALL MICROSOFT SERVICES" first!!! Try turning your pagefile back on, with a setting of 512/1024 respectively. If you're still getting stutters, try lowering your graphics card settings and see what happens.MikeP4 2.4C @3.44 285FSBAsus P4C800 Deluxe1gb Corsair XMS PC3500 Asus V9950 FX5900 Ultra 256mb 500/950SB Audigy2 Platinum ExWatercooled baby!!!Pics: http://community.webshots.com/user/chksix2002

its not suttering--its more hangs liek you saidI ran MSConFIg--I hided all the microsoft ones--Norton put up a fuss so I have to e-mail their customer support to see what to do--but i'll keep you updated--thx a ton! Really appreciate all the help

aight i think i got it fixed--dont wanna jinx it tho