GPU Acceleration and Flash 10.1

Hello,
I have just recently upgraded to Flash 10.1 release 10.1.53.64. The main problem I am experiencing at the moment is extremely high CPU usage while playing 720p videos with flash. It seems that Flash is not utilizing my GPU as, when the same video is played through WMP plugin for Firefox, CPU utilization is only 50%-60% instead of the 87%+. Nvidia claims that my graphics card should be supported by Flash yet I am experiencing framerates of only 9-10.
My System Specifications:
Windows XP SP3 Professional Edition 32bit
Firefox 3.6 & Chrome 32 bit
Pentium 4 2.93Ghz
2Gb DDR memory
Nvidia 8400gs (Latest Drivers installed)  <- The Graphics Card uses PCI interface.
A picture displaying my problem:
http://imgur.com/FkFvy.png
If someone could please assist me with the issue I would greatly appreciate it.

I have the same problem here with windows xp, 8400gs, flash player 10.1, and the driver was installed sometime last month after the release of 10.1 player, which I think should be good enough.
Hope to get some hints here.

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