It took me 35 seconds to get to this page.

I just ran some tests here: http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/

I compared three similar forums to see how fast the main page loads.

1. My forum (the main page is 480kB in size): http://www.smartestcomputing.us.com
Average load time (3 tests): 2.2 sec

2. http://windowsbbs.com/ (333kB)
Average load time (3 tests): 2.2 sec

3. This site (391kB)
Average load time (3 tests): 6.4 sec
That's for the main page only.
Going any deeper is a challenge.

There is definitely something wrong.
Too weak server for the newest software?