so after fiddling with everything it turns out that it seemingly is my audio that is causing the lag. when i turn off all audio except for system sounds, the game begins to lag to the point of unplayability, but when i have all sounds on or no sounds on it plays fine. though it seems an odd reason for lag, i suppose i shouldn't question it so long as the game still works. ill post back again if something happens and the audio tinkering was just a fluke.