My computer specifications are similar or worse so I don't see how the hardware can be a factor: Pentium 4 3.4 GHz 512 MB of RAM Radeon X300 (64 MB of video RAM) XP Pro SP2 up to date PCSX2 0.9.2 config: ZeroGS KOSMOS 0.96.0 Peops spu2 dsound driver 1.6.0 PADwinkeyb 0.9.0 Linuzapps ISO CDVD driver 0.5.0 Bios USA 01.60 My only remaining advice would be to try PCSX2 0.9.2 since the R2 build has now fixed a similar issue such as my black screen in Samurai Spirits Tenkakuden after one battle!