namek0

Before I say anything, here's my computer info: Windows 2000 Athlon 1.1 ghz cpu 256 pc-133 ram 13 gig hd 120 gig hd some old creative soundcard radeon 7200 32ddr etc... I've been trying to fix this for the past couple weeks. Out of nowhere while playing either single player or online, it'll just freeze up like a stutter for a second or two. It doesn't sound major, but god does it get annoying. Even in safe mode, at terrible resolution, software rendering, no sound, etc, it still does the skip. I've got Windows 2k service pack 3, all updated drivers, and the latest ut patch. Something possibly unrelated I noticed is with my media player (mplayer2) When I had 98, I could run 15+ videos in media player at the same time with no problem. In 2000, if I run 8 or more, it severley bogs down my computer to the point of no return. What's the deal, this is driving me insane. I'm dual booting now, but I'd like to just use 2000 if possible. SOmething else I noticed through the task manager, after 5 videos at once, my processer is around 90%. Any answers would be greatly appreciated Thanks

I use d3d to run it, and I don't think it's my sound card. I tried taking out my sound card and using the terrible on-board sound card on my motherboard, and the same thing happened. And for the several videos at once, I don't really have a reason, heh. It just looks cool having 9 videos playing at once I guess. Sometime this week I'll try finding some more ram to throw in, if that's the problem that would be fairly easy to fix