Originally Posted by mdvaldosta

must be something else wrong with your setup, you don't use bandwidth to play the games. The first time you play a game its loaded and stored in your cache folder and you actually play it from your computer. Then, once the the game is finished the score is submitted to the server.

Many games have a quality toggle, pressing Q usually will give you lower quality thats easier on your CPU. If you've got a P4 then make sure you've got the latest flash plugins and other hardware/software updates.