Framerate and Corrupted graphics intel mobile 965express

[Romulus]

Ok, so I play on my lap top. It is a Gateway M150x. Here are some of my specs
Vista Home Premium 32-bit
Intel Dual Core around 1.4ghz each
Intel Mobile 965 Express Chipset Family (integrated graphics/video card)
2 gigs of ram
(I also have latest version of DirectX)

I have 2 problems:
1. From the time I first booted up ffxi, I have a terrible frame rate in populated areas. In my mog house, my fps is 23-29.4. As soon as I have to render 2-3 other objects in the environment, fps dives down between 5-15 depending on how populated the area is. My first instinct is that I had my resolution and other graphical features too high. However, the game seems to run about the same regardless of my graphical settings: fps is about the same playing 1200x800/1024x1024background versus 800x600/800x600background. My next thought is to update my drivers. Sure enough, there is a newer driver available.
2. Downloading said driver causes my character models to be messed up (see screen shot below) and the frame rate issue is exactly the same. I have tinkered with other things over the past few months, but to no avail. Please help
Thanks!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86...302_202357.png

[Sigi]

It's an integrated chipset... see if the issue occurs in another game. Try to reinstall chipset THEN video drivers, then install directX

[Romulus]

I don't have any other even close to new games on my lap top . I play most psx games just fine on my epsxe emulator except FFVIII/IX if I turn up the graphics to optimized with the best plug-in (it only messed up during battles, mostly summons and other ornate things). Also, I'm not sure how to uninstall and reinstall my chipset? Do I just do that through my device manager? And how would I reinstall it?

EDIT: Sorry, forgot to mention this: I fixed the graphics by system restore to previous driver and turning off automatic windows updater (they're trying to make me upgrade to newest driver for my chipset). However, I still have yet to figure out how to fix my fps. Any help is appreciated ^^ although I'm beginning to think my chipset/drivers for my chipset just don't fully support FFXI (which doesn't make much sense because I believe the previous few intel integrated express models do support it [950 is listed as compatible I think?]).