KOTOR Problems for PC

I just got my light saber and the guy sent me out to kill Kath Hounds in the grove, problem is as soon as i go out of the Jedi Enclave game runs like complete crap. It got worse as soon as i got into the grove too.... my system specs are way over what this game requires too so it doesn't make any sense to me why this game is all screwey. I don't know what to do, it ran great till i walked into Dantooine... Any suggestions, i just updated my graphics driver to the latest version of CATALYST.

AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 333mhz FSB
1024mb Dual Channel DDR
ATi Radeon 9600XT 128mb
nForce 2 Ultra 400 MOBO chipset
Realtek Avance AC97 intergrated Audio
40GB 7200 RPM MAIN HDD
80GB 7200 RPM SLAVE HDD

KOTOR is know to run very slow on radeons when on Dantoine. I suggest you go the biowares web site and post on there forums as i have seen ppl talking about his.

Try to shut down animated grass.