Okay this is what I'm going to be playing the game on. Tell me what you think.

* INTEL PENTIUM DUAL CORE 950 3.4GHz (2X3.4GHz) 4MB CACHE
* nVIDIA GeFORCE 7050 MOTHERBOARD SUPPORTING USB 2.0, DDR2, SATA-2,
PCI-ExpressX16
* 4096MB OF FAST DDR2-800 PC6400 RAM
* PCI-Ex16 2D/3D nVIDIA GeFORCE 7050 512MB TURBO-CACHE VIDEO
* 20x DUAL LAYER DVD+/-R/RW BURNER/READER & CD-R/RW BURNER/READER
* 160GB SATA-2 300 7200RPM 8MB CACHE HARD DRIVE

well i run the game in full res, everything cranked to the max except shadows are off,

basicaly the same system as you except i have a 2.4 pentium duo

nvidea 8800gts 512

i get 30fps. game ruch really well.

The graphics card will hold you back some as it is a bit below what the "recommended" specs are.  But you should be able to play the game without a problem.

Although please note, they are still working through a lot of driver support issues (I have great comp specs but they are having trouble with AMD Dual Core machines right now).  So if you are very worried about having a "smooth" running game from the get go I would wait a month while they get through it.  If you are willing to live with some growing pains then you should be just fine with your specs.

I  have a single core processor. would AoC run well on it? Here are the specs:

Amd Athlon 64 processor 4000+ 2.4ghz

2 gb of ram

Nvidia geforce 8400 gs.

I have all the required specs for recommended besides windows vista and the processor speed.

What i want to know though is if my processor is fast enough to run the game smoothly or really laggy?

Anyway i think your set is good, but it seems not enough to play aoc, at lest you have to make your comouter EMS memory to 1GB.

You can find the best set to play aco on it's official site, it will help you more enjoy the game fun.