help running FF11 on PCFollow

My friend wants to move from his PS2 to the PC because of...well..his wife haha. In any case he asked me to come over and clean his system up a bit. I am very good and familiar with computers so I was slightly at a loss on why we couldn't get the game to work properly.

After the removal of some misc. crap I got the system into a clean and fast running mode. Updated his video card and went to try it out. PlayOnline runs OK, there is some SLIGHT delay when you access each new window to log in. The problem came when we started playing. It lags really bad. But this is not an internet connection lag or Frame Delay, this is a memory issue lag I cannot figure out. Running around Bastok Mines, his character would lag pretty badly. I took him out to battle, there was a 2-3 second delay between engaging the monster. I couldn't figure it out! I didn't go into any serious tweaks of his memory, but I gave POL a bump in Priority Thread which was needed just to get the POL software to run a little better. The game itself looks like CRAP. Total crap. Color loss and detail makes this look like a black and white Nintendo game because we kept the settings to a minimal.

I only have a few thoughts. There is something eating up resources that I cannot locate. (although a virus and spyware/adware scans turned up empty) His processes are all normal. POL I noticed pushes CPU usage too 100% everytime and it runs in a minimium of 100,000k+. I'd like to try the game on my system next but we haven't gotten that far. The game is on a different HD which is his secondary master he uses for storage. Any tips are appriciated! I've pulled a POL System Information log for reference. This was after we closed POL btw.

=============================== System =================================

CPU = Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz
CPU Speed = 1664 MHz
No. of CPUs = 1
OS = Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 Ver 5.01.2600
Version of DirectX = DirectX 9.0
Main Memory = Capacity: 511MB : Free Space: 259MB
Drive [C:\] = Local Disk Free Space: 8.05 GB (Capacity: 14.94 GB )
Drive [D:\] = Local Disk Free Space: 54.00 GB (Capacity: 59.57 GB )
PlayOnline Viewer Install Path = D:\Games\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\
Tetra Master Install Path = D:\Games\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\TetraMaster\
FINAL FANTASY XI Install Path = D:\Games\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\
Graphics Card = NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400
Type of Chip = GeForce4 Ti 4400
Video Driver = nv4_disp.dll
Version = 6.14.10.6176
Updated = 07/12/2004 04:50 PM
VendorId = 0x10DE
DeviceId = 0x0251
SubSysId = 0x87101462
Revision = 163
WHQLLevel = Signed(Date:Unknown)
VRAM = 128.0MB
AvailableVidMem = 124.4MB
AvailableTextureMem = 176.0MB
Sound Card = SoundMAX Digital Audio
Sound Driver = smwdm.sys
Version = 5.12.01.3032
Updated = 08/24/2001 07:47 PM
Network Card = Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
Network Driver = RTL8139.SYS
Version = 5.396.0530.2001
Updated = 08/17/2001 08:12 AM
Network Card = Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
Network Driver = AN983.sys
Version = 2.17.1025.2001
Updated = 08/29/2002 01:59 AM
Motherboard = P4B266LM
Manufacturer = ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Version = REV 1.xx
Serial Number = xxxxxxxxxxx

============================== Software ================================

FINAL FANTASY XI Config
My Computer

=============================== Process ================================

smss.exe
winlogon.exe
services.exe
lsass.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
spoolsv.exe
ccEvtMgr.exe
MDM.EXE
navapsvc.exe
NPROTECT.EXE
nvsvc32.exe
Explorer.EXE
ccApp.exe
iTunesHelper.exe
RUNDLL32.EXE
iPodService.exe
ctfmon.exe
rundll32.exe
iexplore.exe
polcfg.exe
FINAL FANTASY XI Config.exe

Laurenthasala I'll get you that info.

VM was at system select. Originally it was quite low (his brother in law set it low) almost to nothing.

I'll try that thanks.