Turning off the 3d sound in the sound options menu (I've got an Audigy by the way) has not only given me a good fps boost but it's also cured the biggest problem I've been having sice getting the game last thursday ie: crashes to the desktop & the program just locking up all the time! since turning off the 3d sound acceleration I've been able to max all the graphic options except enviroment maping which I've got at "static" & I'm getting a recommended 29fps now at 1600 x 1200!. I've also set the mipmapping on my GeForce 3 to "bet image quality" & have allowed applications to control the "antialiasing" IT NOW LOOKS FUGGIN AMAZING
1.4ghz Thunderbird @1.5ghz
512meg Ram,
Original GF3 @220/500
Hansol 920 19" Monitor
16X DVD Rom
24X10X40 CD-Rewriter
Audigy
30 & 82gig Hard drives
Networked with the kids 2 PC's