if u r using 1.2.1 , that took screenies and lags the com , it automaticly took screenies all the time , but it didn't seem to do that when i switched esf 1.2 to cs 1.6 , get the ltested patch (1.2.2) , i haven't got it as yet due to me having no net , i go to core intercafe just to play online and crap , (if i quit smoking , which i don't think will not happen) i get 1.5mbps adsl , but neways , also what gfx card r u using , get the latest drivers and c if that fixes it up , or it could be lagging coz the card is ethier faulty or it could of been damaged by overclocking , if it's a gexcube card , then they always seem to screw up (i bought a gexcube 9670xt extreme and that performed well for about a month , then i installed the latest nforce drivers , and then it started to f**k up heaps , it did the same thing in my bro's p42.6 setup using the 875p chipset , and alos in a friends com , so i gito rid of it on ebay) i use an fx5200 now , the game only lags when beam smoke appear (i choose to have it on) it's seems to run fine for me most of the time (240+,512mbddr400geil,eaglefx5200,asus a7n8x-e deluxe,160gig samsung sata 8mbcahce hdd) i need more infor on your specs to dertemine whats causing this lag