So my performance issues have been documented in this thread... I had the weirdest thing happen. I have already put in about 2 days of time into the game and I minimzed the game to check something on the web (I do think constantly as I play, maybe not to check something but just minimize the game window and do something else on my PC) and when I maximized the game window is somehow ran at about 50fps and felt so smooth and was really nice. After another minimization that left and went back to normal. I have no idea how or why that happened that one time. I am wondering if Windows is somehow messing with my performance, holding my game back to 30fps.
Anyway, I set up my supply routes and am slowly starting to town build. Took Croups mansion and made it taller and awesomer. My brother has progressed into the storyline much further than me, he choose to go with the Institute. I am trying to prolong having to make this decision so that's why I am doing town building instead of actually doing something. I think I am leading towards the BoS though, they seem too bad ass. The other is the Minute Men because I have devoted so much time to doing those basic missions and building up Sanctuary. The railroad is my least interested faction, although I chose them to build my teleporter so I am wondering if that was a bad decision.