Black ops isnt a Gem, but it aint bad. I think the problem is treyarch, they dont make the best games. Whats funny is how little lag I have with my old PC. You all have supercharged, turbo over clocked, dual video cards, with a big ass mother...bored. I just play with a 2 1/2 year old Hewlard packard quad core, and a nvidia 512mb card. Perhaps you should read the forums on Config file setups. It has to be done. It had to be done with world at war, and cod 4. If your just installing the game and running it as is, you are an idiot. AN extreme idiot, takes some time, about an hour, and change the config, have a wired internet connection and enjoy.