thank you for the fast reply Uhrwerk.
i was afriad of that reply... here's why.

1. there is only the one while and wait.
2. i did use the f11 key... and yes fps went from 81ish to 170 every second. (even with max_fps. the frame rate was unsteady)
3. i didnt think the code was the real culprit

i think my video card itself is bad, ive tried to play certain other games and the one sec lag was there, tho i never connected the 2 problems together.
i was so hoping that it wasnt hardware... would then be easier to fix.

now that makes me wonder how many issues i had earlier that wasnt a coding issue. *fist pounds keyboard*lol

Again this forum has helped me yet again. Thanks

btw its a old cheap nvidia geforce 8400gs .
had a ati hd pro (forgot the series) but burnt it out of course gaming,lol