I sent a bug report the same day as the original post. Since then I have migrated to an SSD, C2 was lightning fast with 144.2 and 13.9, but now is almost as slow as before. Regardless I'll test it with 13.4 again and see if that fixes it for now. <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />
My system specs
amd 8350 (stock speed)
gigabyte 990fx ud3
12 gigs ram 1600 — 9 9 24
256GB Adata SSD
2TB HD seagate 64Mb
1TB WD 64Mb
6870 CFX (stock speed)
Soundblaster rage pro wireless
coolermaster 850W