Ok so my System specs are pretty good. i don't have a beast of a machine but i do have a decent one. I believe my CPU is what my current performance bottleneck is. Specs: Win 7 Pro 64-bit AMD Athlon II x2 245XT (2.93GHz) Gigabyte AM2+ board. i believe it is GA-MA770-US3, im not at home so i can't check ATM. 4GB RAM (DDR2) GeForce 9400 XT (1GB) Beta 285.79 Drivers. I Have Applied a good portion of the S.T.E.P. guide, including texture mods, INI tweaks, and LAA. i can run Medium Quality with low shadows pretty smoothly only scratches of lag in busy areas, or lots of shadows. I think my CPU being only a Dual Core is where my Bottlenecking is. my Video and RAM are sufficient. i believe i should be able to run High Quality easily. my Mo Bo can support Phenom II including the x6 CPU. i am looking at maybe a Phenom II x4, there is one on Newegg for 94.99 C&C please