ill tell you right now that even though your problem is some what fixed in order to run the game better you may have to put money into buying a new central processing unit( i advised buying a duo or quad core) and a new graphics card I prefer Nvidia but ATI is also great for a smaller price range, but as an extra precaution i would advise bumping up your RAM. I know it seems like a lot but if you look around some of the things on here are pretty cheap the most expensive thing on the list will be a new video card but I hope that you will have some luck in upgrading if not then I would advise making a new computer but it seems like yours is fine as long as you upgrade it. By any chance could you also post what kind of power supply you have for this computer. I also speak about upgrading your computer because unless you have a windows xp installation disc or want windows vista you cant get windows xp anymore, so yeah dont always think that you will have to buy a new computer for more when you could make one or upgrade your old one