bottlenecking / pausing problem

[hero4682]

hello, my game keeps pausings for a few secs while playing and it bugs... and i just bought a new card, the radeon HIS x1950pro,

 

my spec;

-CPU

Recommended: Pentium 4 or Athlon XP or better

You Have: 2 processors running - Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.60GHz

-CPU Speed

Recommended: 3 GHz

You Have: 2.59 GHz Performance Rated at 3.89 GHz

-System RAM

Recommended: 1 GB

You Have: 1022.7 MB

-Operating System

Recommended: Windows 2000/XP/XP 64-bit

You Have: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)

-Video Card

Recommended: 128MB Direct3D compatible video card (NVIDIA GeForce 6800+ / ATI Radeon X800+)

You Have: Radeon X1950 Pro (ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x7280))

-DVD

Recommended: 8X DVD-Rom

You Have: HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8161B

-Free Disk Space

Recommended: 4.6 GB

You Have: 8.7 GB ( i can always free more space, i think its IDE )

-Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)

Your driver version number is: 6.14.10.6715

-DirectX Version

Recommended: DirectX 9.0c (included on disk)

You Have: 9.0c

 

my in game specs are;

Texture=large

all the fade sliders are around the middle

grass dist. = middle

view dis=high

distant land on

shadows and shadow filtering off

spec distance off

HDR off

Water normal

other water/windows effects on

Blood high

AAx2