I apologize that my first post is also a new thread. It's poor etiquette.

That said, I'd like to know what frame rate is considered normal for Toribash. I like what I'm playing, but the frame rate drops down to 10 or so when I come in contact with the practice dummy. I'm playing around with grabbing the dummy, so you can imagine how frustrating it is to watch such slow movement. I imagine it'll be worse when I'm dealing with a live opponent. This happens whether or not shaders are on and even when everything is off. What is "fluid blood" and how can I tell when it's off?

I'm running the game on a Compaq 6910p laptop with a 2Ghz CPU and an ATI Mobility Radeon X1450 graphics card. My computer says the card's drivers are updated. My OS is Vista.

Many thanks if you all can give me some help.