10-15-2011, 12:28 PM
About GE textures, either you use them or you don't. Sound can also cause hiccups if you use 64x as sound is not fully supported yet (I would suggest to turn it off unless you play a game where it's crucial). There is little to no performance increase with GE textures on or off in my experience but it makes games look "the way they are meant to look" if they are in 3D. You could also try to save the game to your harddrive when it asks to upon a new account creation, but I have personally not tried this so I am not sure how it would affect load times (I suspect it is mostly load times between screens that cause hiccups like it is for me).