At this point, the main menu is working okay but not great and game play is still frustrating. The name of the starting location loads super slow. And when I have the patience to try to move it takes a few moments to happen. And when it does it just jumps across the screen. So far I've spent around 30 minutes "playing".
Looking at the task manager, it says that it only uses maybe a couple percent of the CPU. I don't quite know what that means. Also, would getting all the computer updates help? And is there an online component to this game which might cause a slowdown. My internet at home is pretty slow, around 100 kb/s. Also, does the dedicated graphics card have a certain amount of RAM associated with it, or does it use some sort of automatic allocation. Mostly I thought about trying to increase the dedicated RAM, but I can't find the option easily and from what I've read on line it might not actually help.
Going to shut off the computer all the way and hopefully close random background programs that could be causing problems. (Maybe I could experiment with the security stuff and see if it is interfering, don't have time now.)
Edit: Well, it turns out that I needed to update the computer. Stupid computer. Sorry for wasting your time and thanks for the help.