Yesterday I realized that my CPU was throttling a bit because the thermal paste had dried out, so that has helped somewhat. Walking around outside of Goodsprings near Primm I was getting 50-60 fps pretty consistently, but every so often the game would just stutter or drop to 30 fps for a second. This would happen about every 20 seconds or so. I used BethINI and I made sure it was changing MO's profile inis. On an unrelated note, the game gave me a silenced .22 machine gun and a riot shotgun straight from the start. Is there any way to start with less OP weapons? Thanks a million guys