yeah, theres nothing worse than low framerates and poor fluidity. If I'm going to have stuttering either way, I'd much rather it be at 40 or 50fps than 20. I can handle micro-stutters a bit better than actual pauses. :)

My point exactly midibyte, most may be able to only tweak the system w/o having to spend that $5K on a new system. I figure I have been able to get another year out of my system and happily be able to play today's top games.-Todd