I agree with the possibility of overheating, what is the make and model of this laptop?

Did anyone rent or buy the video? Is it worth watching?

Make sure you install the RA3 patches, and if that does help, check out the official forums for real solutions...

I was in two EBGames this saturday and their stock and prices of PC games was horrible; I have a store credit but I doubt I will ever use it since they have nothing worth buying...

Bioshock. No question.

Dead Space for my sci-fi fix now that BSG is gone. Sob!

Soldiers Heroes of WW2.

Alice was a great game at the time but with all the crap he has published since, I am not too hopeful that he can create anything worthwhile playing ever again...

C&C3 is a lot better than Red Alert 3, forget about RA3 Uprising...

The patch you are using might be only for the retail version, so either contact Direct2Drive about a patch for their version or check on the Relic forums about this.