I just installed the game on my comp with i7 950 and gtx 465 with 4gb of ddr3 ram. The installation was okay and the game was able to launch. However, since the intro film the game constantly shows a fps of 4( courtesy of FRAPS) even with the LOWEST settings.
I could select things in the Main menu but as soon as I select new game and the game begins to load, I get into a perpetual wait. Waited for 10 mins and decided to open up task manager to see. Says the program is not responding.
Anyone has similar exps?

Try to delete the 3d vision drivers.

Do I delete the two components that have 3d vision in their names in control panel?

Read the sticky...
Clean install the drivers, this time using advanced install and unchecking 3D components.

Grazie! problem solved!