Menu runs very very very slowly!

[shredder9000]

At the create profile screen, It runs at about 1 frame per 30 seconds! i can move my mouse and it takes about 30 seconds to show where i moved it. whats the problem? i have installed the 1.0.1 patch, and updated my graphics card driver. I have an nvidia geforce 7100 (which according to "can you run it" will work on this game.) 3 gigs ram, and 1.8ghz core duo processor. i know i dont have a gaming rig, but i dont play games much, and when i do i dont care about how it looks. but if it runs at 1 fp30s, i do care. another person on another forum, had this problem, but they purchased it through steam and did something in steam to fix it. i didnt purchase it through steam. so whats wrong? thanks