New member, problems.. not sure where to put this

[Cameo Wildblue]

Hi there! I just got my POTCO code yesterday and downloaded and played it for a few hours. I am about to delete it and give my test account to a friend but before I do that I wanted to make sure there isn't anything I can do.

It is so so so VERY laggy. It loads slow, my pirate runs in slow motion, the graphics are all messed up when I'm sailing (textures and such flash in the water). Mainly just slow as mud. So slow that I can barely move. A couple times I just froze and had to close my window and reload the game.

Here is my computer's stats: Pentium 4 CPU 2.80GHz, 2.79 GHz, 512 Ram.

I know I don't have all that much ram, but I can play my two toontown accounts on one computer at the same time without a problem. My computer meets POTCO's minimum standards.

I was playing alongside a friend yesterday and he said I looked like I was walking very slow while everyone else was running about.

The only other program I had running was a small messenger program which does not take up much memory at all. No other programs, and nothing running in my taskmanager. I increased my virtual memory to the maxium and made all the graphics the lowest setting on the options menu. Nothing helped. Restarting my computer did not help either.

I am so disappointed as I've been waiting for a key for this game for months. Does any computer gu-ru's out there have any advice for me?

Thanks in advance!