Slow SQL performance

I decided to finally convert my access driven applications to SQL server.
Prior to convert "official" forum application I made a forum copy and transferred it to SQL (using instructions provided by boRg worked great).

However, the performance is quite slower on sql version than on access one.

Here is the current official forum
www.dyxum.com/dforum/

and the new created copy on SQL server

www.dyxum.com/xforum/   (not active of course)

Now my question: is the low SQL server performance that is causing SQL version to run slowly (I'm using hosting company)? Is there anything I can do to optimise performance or should I search for other hosting service ?

Thanks

-boRg- wrote: but as you have disabled the process time from the bottom of the pages it hard to tell if there is any difference in the generation of the page time.

Ah, i have forget to enable this (now enabled for both forums and the difference is evident)

-boRg- wrote: SQL Server version can be slow for a number of reasons, it could be that the SQL Server is overloaded, could be that the network is running slow and it's taking time to connect between the web server and the SQL Server.It could be a temporary cglitch with your web host, so maybe worth contacting them about it and see if it clears up.

Thank you. I never worked with MS SQL server before (quite expensive in my country) but i was expecting to see at least the same performance as with access.
I still waiting for the answer from my host company.
Once again, thank you for taking the time answering.

One thing that will slowdown the apparent SQL performance is the network connections between the Web server and the SQL server.  With MS Access, everything takes place on the local machine and with no external network connections.  With SQL, there is a good chance that the Web server is making dozens of network connections to the SQL server for each forum page.