lol, actulally, 800*600 aint that bad, tho i prefer 1280 * 960 myself...for the lag, ive played some pretty intense games on my old p3, and lagged pretty bad, so i upgraeded the graphics, and it screamed!!! sounds like a decent pc, could use a better card, but from your specs, u got pci and isa, and those are quickly being outdated, so mayne an upgrade is in order? so get a new mobo(preferably one with agp or pci x-press) and a new graphics card...^_^