Unfortunate problems of a surprising nature

[DRG]

Did you run DXdiag and check that Direct X is operating correctly?

Running OK for 15 minutes then bogging down is not normal game behaviour that anyone has reported before. I'm running the game with an 800mhz P3 with 128mb of RAM and a 128 video card so you have way more RAM than I do and I have frequently, during game development, for long stretches, run the game, Paint shop Pro, MOBHack and stayed connected to the internet at the same time. The game runs marginally slower when I have "the works" going but nothing like you describe. ( actually... EVERYTHING runs marginally slower with the works going not just the game.)

Don