so the forum runs at warp speed for me now...and my problem with this forum was my end. for some reason if you have windows 8 and avast together certain forums run slow from time to time (this site being the only one for me)so what you do is click to unitstall avast then it will let you choose to uninstall or change its elements.open up the change elements and unclick network shield and hey presto it doesnt slow down.dont know why this started and why with only this forum.