Okay, so before my games and such would run perfectly. Up until this last month, my computer had become infected with a serious virus, so I reformatted and rebooted the entire computer. Now for a strange reason, whenever I play a game for about 10 minutes the computer gets very choppy, and lasts for about another 10 minutes- then goes back to normal. Its like going from playing my game- to playing the same game on a computer 5 years older. Heres most of my info... Dell Latitude D600 256 MB RAM 40 GB Harddrive 44.12 MB Physical memory available 1.96/2.00 GB virtual mem. Paging file is set to 382-1000 ATI Radeon 9000 card with UP TO DATE drivers All my Processor and memory adjustments are set to "Programs" on Performance Options. FoF rules!

You have way too little RAM & a crappy video card. Since it's a laptop, there's nothing you can do about the "card", but a RAM upgrade is definitely do-able. What games are you trying to play? I suggest you use a desktop for gaming, unless you're playing solitaire or minesweeper. BTW, let Windows handle the page file.

Its an open-source game called Frets On Fire, its fairly simple, and python based. the minumum requirements are: * Processor: 600 MHz * Memory: 128 MB * Video: 32 MB * DirectX 9.0c But its pretty much Guitar Hero for PC (but much lighter than real guitar hero) It just consists of the board, buttons, score counter, and slightly animated flames(which I switch off)... very simple. I'll be in the middle of a song and the game will get choppy (but sound is unaltered) And will continue to do so even once the game is off. FoF rules!