Is there a fix for lag?

[Dauntless]

I go onto internet matchmaking to play C3C online, which is probebly one of the best reasons i bought it, and found a game with green ping, a few players e.t.c. Bought when the game came on, there was a satanized 5-8 second lag! I tried it on LAN with my mate, and that was the same, if not worse! I've read a post about this, i was just wondering if anybody has a fix for this?
My specs are...

AMD Athlon 2600+
640 MB RAM
1.91 GHz
GeForce 4 MX
576 kbps Broadband

If there is no patch for this, I just wanna know, how far has anybody actually got with a new game online? If anybody makes it into AD from 4000 BC, they must have 50 MBPS connection (They'd NEED it anyway!)

 

[MSTK]

It's not your specs, it's usually the programs you have running in the background. CLose all applications, and remember to turn off Autosave.

 

[tehfreak]

In my opinion it would lag with a 9999MBPS LAN connection.
I'm on broadband as well, and the lag is very present even with only 2 players (you get used to it, but it's still a pain).

It gets ridiculous with more players, and pretty ugly if you play with people you don't know (for some reasons there's always at least 1 intense lagger that claims having a cable connection (which is probably true ))

 

[Dauntless]

Makes sense, it was the same in the game i remember.
The only progs i have runnin in the background r the regular files the windows needs to keep itself on its feet. (Or as close to its feet as it can get) I dont think i had MSN or anything runnin either, but if i did, i wasnt signed in i dont think. I'll try it again sumtime, i'll need to get the patch