Background Problem

Hi, I have made a small game (well nearly) I have made a background, but the only way I found possible was to texture map a huge quad thats the size of the screen... The problem is it slows the hell down It just goes to like a frame a minute... I know my computer ain''t great but it runs perfect without a background, Is there any other methods to set a background? Thanks Alan IF YA SMELL... WHAT THE BEZZ IS COOKIN''''