Hey there,
I just installed FF7 on my Dell 2350. I'm using WinXP Home and Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 PCI.
I've applied the WinXP patch.
The games work fine for the most part. However the movies are very grainy.... I have DX9.0a and the DirectShow software included with the FF7 installed. That is not my biggest problem. The main problem I have is that there is a black bar at the bottom of the screen when the movies are played and during actual gameplay... but there is no black bar there when the big blue menu pops up after you win a battle.
I've included a pic below of the game playing the the black bar at the bottom.
Any ideas?