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[Langolier]

I guess this is more of a technical problem but I'm having a weird issue with running DF. I had what I thought was FPS death a couple days ago, but then when I started a brand spanking new fort in a new world, it was still sitting at around 7 FPS. It was even doing this at the title screen.

I did some research and apparently my video card is to blame. But here's the thing- I can still play Dungeon Crawl with zero problems, not even the speed is affected on that game. I've been killed by Sigmund over 10 times just tonight! Youtube even still works for me. I checked the init files and everything, so my question is could this be some sort of issue or bug with DF? Anybody had similar problems? I'm buying a new fancy high tech computing machine before long so it's not a huge deal, but I do miss my dorfs lately. Any insight is highly appreciated.   

[fractalman]

7 fps?
Are you sure you're running the most current dwarf fortress? One of the legacy versions slows to a crawl if your computer is the least bit pressed for ram and processor, while the newest version runs acceptably even on a notebook. (which has a seperate keyboard issue). 


Also, open up task manager (ctrl+shift+escape on windows vista) and check for processes like selfservice.exe and sofficebin.exe-these are not viruses, but they ARE a waste of ram. (unless you're actually USING the programs involved).

Also, try a clean install of dwarf fortress.