I really enjoy CM10th but, even though I have a top notch computer and top notch video card, there always seems to be a 5 or so second delay between when CM plays and when I am allowed to make a move. This gets very annoying during timed play and has cause me to lose more than one match as time seems to keep being counted during the momentary freeze.

It this normal? (Yes I have all the latest drivers for my vid and audio cards and the latest patch for CM10th).

Outstanding!!! That worked perfectly. There is absolutely no delay at all now. It seems strange that Ubi doesn't seem to support this as an official bug fix.