well, i just reinstalled Fallout TACTICS on my pc along with the first two as well. i also installed virtual villager. I have bigger, more graphically intensive games lile Eve: the second genises that i run with no adverse lag or any visual problems, its just these old games. And these 4 programs should have no problem on my system, yet there are many little horizontal lines that either stay on the screen till the picture changes( when new lines apear in new random locations) or they flicker continuously. they are usually white, but vary in color and are around a centimeter wide but only a pixel or 3 tall. but the length varies if i change the screen resolution.

OS: win XP
Graphics card: NVIDIA 8400 GS
Celeron CPU 2.66GHz
1.24 GB RAM

ya i know my computer is a few years old. but it is in great condition and runs great.
its not my monitor as i have 3 and all do the same thing with diferent resolutions and refresh rates.

so, any ideas on how to fix this?DO you know if your V-Sync is set up properly in these games?Ive had similar issues with my Nvidia card.

Basicaly all I have to do is switch the image setting on Nvidia from better or worse. By right clicking Nvidia ICON in the taskbar. Performance and Quality Settings -> Image Settings -> High Performance - High Quality

I'm not sure why but some of my older games needed Nvidia set to a lower/faster quality. Then it all works fine. fast to switch too.

Hope that helps ya.No idea what V-sync is... and its an old game... so it really shouldnt need anything special...

as for the Performance and Quality Settings ... well... i changed the video settings and ... nothing changed.. still little horizontal black lines... and only in those games...

any other ideas?

and please tell me how to do it step by step... i am not too good with this sort of thing... i dont want to mess it up any more than it already is lolany new fix i could try? this is bugging the *censored* out of me...Seems like a graphics problem. When did this start?started a week ago, when i reinstalled these 4 games (all on the same day) i have deleted and reinstalled everything a few times. i increased the screen resolution and refresh rate and now it looks like static.
i know i 'need' a new computer and everything, and i have one, i also have 2 others (a pentium 2 and a pentium 3) that are very slow but useful for what i have them for.

i did replace the graphics card about a year ago. and it has been that long since i have had thase games on this system. but i wouldnt think going from an ATI radion 9250 to my current 8400 would have this much impact  on such a SIMPLE game.

this is almost as bad to figure out as trying to get a DOS game to  run on XP lolIf it is a graphics problem (it is getting worse) does that mean i have to get a new graphics card again??
it wasnt that bad (about $80 to replace and make sure its running) but still... i dont have the $$ to spend on new hardware...

any fix i can do that will get rid of this problem without getting a new graphics card?I found this on Yahoo Answers.
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090316051949AAeMFiO
Quote from: Silverlight

The 8400GS is not a gaming graphics card and it wont even use the 512MB of RAM thats on it. Whereas a 8600GT or a 9600GT graphics card MIGHT use the full 512MB memory at high resolutions.

its all just a mrketing scheme to make people who do not know a lot about technology think that the 512MB version is better then the 256MB version because they will think that More has to be Better, but this is clearly not the case

As Mark N said, rather get a ATI HD4670 512MB card or a Nvidia 9600GT if you are looking for a gaming card. Else a 256MB 8400GS will be fine for normal usage.