I've been having problems playing TS3 for weeks. I called Alienware and they said it was because too many people in our house were using wireless. EA games said I needed to update my Radeon Ati thingy, which I did. (Of course now that I did update, I get a message in-game telling me to update, which never happened before).

Anyway, I came across your thread here through TS3 and once I typed "fps on" in the cheat box, the numbers were between 150 and 300, and I totally freaked.

Downloaded the 3booter and fps limiter tonight and the number stays at 30, no lag or stuttering, and the damn game is working okay...(still worried about that in-game message though!).

Anyway, just wanted to say thank you. I shouldn't have to be a fuckin' rocket scientist to play TS3, I should be able to just load the damn game and play...but if that's the way EA wants it...

Thanks so much for all the info and the links...you are def more awesome than EA!