Classic WoW low FPS with 13 MBP

Normally I run at 60 fps constantly when I play classic World of Warcraft, and have terrible performance in any other game I play.
However since my XP BSoD'd and forced me to wipe both bootcamp and mac partitions, I only get 12-20 fps.
I reinstalled OS X and XP after I wiped everything.
I just updated my video drivers hoping for a fix, but now it's stuck in low resolution and I cannot fix it.
Can anybody help my FPS/low resolution issues? I wish I never bought into this Apple nonsense.

I reinstalled the drivers and downloaded a fan control and set both fans to 6k rpm.
My core temp dropped from 180F to 162F and I have no FPS drop.
Thanks for the no help LOL.

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