So a few days ago, I got myself a pretty old and quite cheap video card to bump up from onboard garbage I have. Unfortunately, while alot of games improved from it; few games actually become unplayable including FFXI. I've tried a bunch of random things like updating drivers/updating older drivers, setting everything to low, nothing seems to work unless I missed some places to look.

The only keynote I've seen is the factor is the number of character models are being shown.
-If I were to stare at an unoccupied wall, be on the start menu: Perfect 28-30fps.
-Even if one character model is shown, fps will drop dramatically.
-Proc'd under 1fps during Einherjar and shocked that my computer didn't blow up from it.

Anyway my basic specs are.
OS: XP Media Center SP2
Proccessor: Pentium 4 3.00GHz
Memory: 1.24GB RAM

Onboard Videocard: Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family(currently Uninstalled and Disabled)
Current Videocard: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

I have tested a good handful of games and so far only FFXI and Dynasty Warriors Online were the only games that downshifted from the "upgrade", both made from Japan(COINCIDENCE!? D. Lets not the final solution be a new card/comp cause I have no plans to spend money atm <<b.