Strange Lag - FFXI - VistaFollow

Hello Alla Users,

(This is not about the PoL installation problem, I've got around that)
I have been using Vista since about February and have only come across one real problem, which is with FFXI. I've searched many forums over the last few weeks and found noone who has the same problem.

The issue is when I start up FFXI everything has a strange lag on it, the intro video, the menus, any sort of movement, even the swirling like effect inside the cursor.(Also noticed in PoL viewer the news bar before the FFXI play button does the same)
The lag is like a staggering consistently every 2 seconds, the game's sound is unaffected and plays like normal but all visuals lag. My FPS is unaffected and my broadband connection is stable.

This continues until I logoff FFXI. It makes normal play like partying impossible.
I've tried turning all of FFXI settings to the minimum and the maximum and the lag is as if nothings changed.

All my other games(older and newer) and applications have not such a complaint, in fact since upgrading from XP my PC seems to run smoother.

My PC is:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ CPU
ASUS A8N-SLi Premium motherboard
nVidia GeForce 6800XT (x2 SLi)
3GB RAM PC3200
Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 4
Windows Vista Ultimate x64

All my drivers are up-to-date from what their manufacturers have released for Vista x64.

Sorry if this seems a little long but I thought it be best to put as much detail as I could.

Thank you for any assistance.

Edited, Mar 28th 2007 4:16am by pinkybrain

This is happening to a lot of people so don't feel like your the only one. Square is really dragging their asses getting support to work right I mean they still have major glitching with the Nvidia 8800 cards.

If they handle this issue like they did the Nvidia one they will just blame it on Microsoft for not adding support for their game.

I'm briefly ending a self imposed exile to say this: Koji, you've obviously never even used linux, and are probably just saying that in a pathetic attempt to make yourself seem superior to Windows users. People will use Windows over Linux because they actually want their devices, to you know, work, and not ***** around for weeks on distro forums looking for GPL'ed drivers. Oh, and at least Windows users can play games on their os. The only thing Linux has gaming wise is the same crappy ports done by id 5 years ago.

(And before you start the "You're an MS fanboy spreading FUD" crap, I've used a Gentoo system for the past year, and in fact am using that machine to post this message. Go troll Linspire forums)

I have a similar occurrence on my Vista system, although to a much lesser effect. I get a stutter (about one to two seconds) in the game play, but it only happens every 3 to 4 minutes, so the game is playable. On my 2004 dell laptop, with windows xp, there is no stutter. This stutter can get annoying in parties (like when inputing commands, and it stutters) and in CG sequences (sometimes a few seconds are skipped/jumped through). This is really annoying.

Have you guys tried disabling Aero?

I run it just fine on my Vista Home Premium laptop, which doesn't have spectacular specs and still runs the game just fine.

I'm aware this is a very old post, but still, it comes up in google when searching for this kind of issue so I'd like to post a solution here, if you have weird lag, like it skipping constantly like a CD would, and you're using vista, go to Network and Sharing Center -> Manage Network Connections -> Right click the connection -> Properties -> Uncheck 'QoS Packet Scheduler'

I hope this helps at least 1 person :)