FFXI performance issueFollow

Hello all,

I had to recently reinstall Windows Xp and the game on my PC, and since doing so, I have noticed a significant performance hit when I'm in an area where someone does anything with a visual effect, such as:

MNK uses Boost
NIN cast Utsusemi
BRD play a Song
Either PC or mob get a Critical Hit

I'm running FFXI in 1024x1024 mode, with 1024x768 overlay.

I have the following specs:

P4 2.4 gig @ 400MHz
1 gig RAM
256MB nVidia Geforce FX 5600 (Forceware drivers v.71.84)
Windows XP w/ DirectX 9c

Before the rebuild, I was able to run it without any issues- however, I was wondering if it could be either the drivers (i.e.- roll back the drivers to the "approved" version), or if it might be something else I overlooked.

Any feedback is most appreciated- thanks!

Im having basicly the same problem. Whenever somthing would be summoned, only fractions of it would show up, or would just become a transucent ball. I was told that updating my drivers would help, but now im in the same boat as wond, which is really bad because im a brd
anyway i have an nvidia 5200 and was wondering if any1 knew a way to install old drivers or another way to fix this problem. I tried to load drivers off of a disk but it wont work.