[Bob~Marley4004]

1: turn off programs you don't need while fighting (ie: AIM, MSN)
2: turn off sound, music, and select no background (you can do that by going to "Options" and then click on the "other" tab to turn on "no background" and for music/sound select "sound" )
3: use the d/l version of the game or make sure screen small when using the web-version
4: be the host
5: start fighting in servers with the less people are in
6: close out some .exe files using the Task manage (you shouldn't do this if you don't know your files on your computer because you might just exit something out that doesn't/shouldn't be exited out)
7: disk defragmenting your files

I don't see how you can play without no sound.. it's really hard because you don't really know what special is coming... try playing a good Evil Ryu user without sound.. you'll see what I mean