With CSS, IE, MSN, AIM, Xfire, Steam, Outlook, Virtual PC, Daemon tools, Windows Onecare, and WCU’s faculty/staff VPN tunnel tool running I’m at 64 processes. You’ve got garbage running you don’t need and it isn’t Vista’s fault at all.
What’s your framerate NOW?
What processor do you have?
What TYPE of ram do you have?
What video card do you have?