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I have some display problems with a few games after I migrated from Windows 98 to Windows 2000. I did not have those problems when I was running the same games under Windows 98. The problem appears with the following games: * Disney's Tarzan - Action Game * Need For Speed 5: Porsche Unleashed DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM When running either game, I have 2 horizontal black bars, about 1/2 inch each, one near the top of the screen, one near the bottom. Also, what is displayed above the top bar almost at the top of the screen is repeated at the bottom. In addition, with NFS, sections of the screen flicker. Nothing that I can do with the set-up options or anything else would solve my pb. MY CONFIGURATION Intel SE440BX - Pentium 3 / 450MHz 128MB RAM 10GB HDD Samsung CD-R 40x Iomega CD-RW 24x-10x-40x Hercules 3D Prophet II MX (with the latest drivers: v.21.81) Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Windows 2000 Professional (v.5.0, build 2195) DirectX 8.1 (all diagnostic tests are successful) Refresh rate of my screen at 1024x768: 60Hz (cannot be changed) I apologize for my lengthy posting. I do not know if my problem is common, but I have browsed through the threads on this Forum and also through the FAQ, and I cannot find any description of a similar problem. Can someone possibly help?

My system successfully passes all DirectX tests with dxdiag. My version is 8.1.

CUViper: yes, it does happen at all resolutions, and I have tried to change them. But I think that either game runs at 640x480 anyway, whatever resolution you choose...

Thanks for your advice, CuViper! I have installed the latest Nvidia drivers (v.23.11) as you suggested. unfortunately, it does not make any difference at all: the pb remains. I have also tried to change the refresh rate, using the nvreffix utility, to any possible value, but all in vain! I am just wondering what I could do now...

Quote: While these are the latest drivers from Hercules, nvidia has newer ones. Have you tried the 23.11 reference drivers from nvidia's site? CUViper: No, I haven't tried the latest drivers from Nvidia. I tend to use those from the h/w device manufacturer. But I can give it a try...