Tetramaster is still installed (in a separate partition). It has no influence on the FFXI install.
Stop blaming PS2 players...
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The 32MB of RAM has no real impact. The PS1 had 2MB of RAM.
And FFXI for the PC Recommend 256MB of RAM. Eight times more that the PS2. So you could assume the PS2 is much more efficient with memory. So obviously the problem is the PC! It's holding the game back! OMIGOD! KILL PC VERSION! Blah blah blah...
No one can prove anything here. It's mindless speculation.