Slowwwwww mouse new to me 2 x 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon machine

I have a new to me 2 x 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon machine and I can not get my mouse speed to the speed I am used to using the preference setting FAST. any ideas. Also I have my Wacom pad on it and can get no speed out of it much either, mouse or pen?
Both mouse and pen used to whizz along on my G3 and 4?
I downloaded mouse zoom yet that seemed to load and just made no diffence?
Stumped!
Using Tiger 10.7.3 downloaded Intuos 9 X12 drivers as old ones would not cut it 'They' say it works with Tiger!

Ta for the reply. All clean installed when it left Apple store.
Sorry for my ignorance here, yet I did not understand how this applied:
No Intel Mac Pro worked wtih anything less than 10.4.7.
And had to be OEM, there was no retail 10.4.x for Intel.
Better off with 10.5.8. ?
Seem to have sorted it now. Darned if I can rember how in my fiddling!
the mouse now whizzes along!

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