Madden 04 slowdown

[obeseotron]

Madden 04 on the PC is great and generally runs at a very respectable framerate in 1024x768 with Quintex AA on, but everytime there is a transition to or from the play calling screen there is intense slowdown that is not present on the PS2 or XBOX (or Gamecube I would imagine) versions of the game. I realize the PC isn't the ideal choice for a football game, but I don't have a game console. Is this slowdown just inherent in the PC version or is there any way to combat this. My PC is pretty fast and I have plenty of RAM, a fast hardrive, and very few tray apps. Any help would be appriciated.