FFXI And 8800 Users

[ChiBChombo]

So apparently FFXI Has a big problem with 8xxx Cards, where whenever theres 3 or more characters displayed on the screen FPS get a massive drop.

Apparently the only fix is Nvidia drivers that are very old, anyone knows anything about this?

[Nukie]

If you're running on Vista, then yes the problem is there and you will need to use certain driverr (169.17 which I heard doesn't really solve the problem. 15fps is most area...better than single digit fps I guess)
On xp however, then the game should run at cap 29-30fps in most place. I still get lower framerate (about 15fps) when there's really a lot of people around. like in front of Whitegate AH.

my spec:
qx6700
2gb ram
8800gtx
win xp sp2