[Canuklehead]

Hey guys. I've been playing around with the resolutions for the game and have a few questions you might be able to help me out with.

Firstly, I'm running on an Athalon XP 2500+, MMX, 3DNow, 1.8GH (whatever... I just copied all that) - 1 gig RAM, GeForce 4 MX 440 64Mb (yeah, yeah).

I built this machine about three years ago when the parts were good parts... not that they're bad parts now, just... you know.


Now, I know my card is doing well, despite what it is. Infact, she's done a lot of things that I was told she couldn't... all the latest DirectX's run great all around.

FFXI runs great in mid resolution and I'm able to coax it up to 1024x1024 Background resolution without MAJOR lag. Thing is, it does run a little slowly in crowded areas and in battles. It's noticably struggling.

So, anyone know how I could eek that extra performance out of the card? I can't upgrade just yet... It's really not in the budget for another few months. Especially considering my motherboards not PCIE, it's almost not worth it unless I'm getting a whole new machine. So, please hold off on the "ur cards crap, get sumting better"s. Should I bite the bullet and just run at 512x512 or is there a way I can up the ante and get the best setting?

Thanks