Captain,
Presume you've installed and updated your video drivers.
A couple of things to try:
Right click the desktop and click on Properties => Settings tab =>
Advanced button => Troubleshoot tab
Knock the Hard ware acceleration slider back a notch or two.
-------------------------------- or:
Desktop => Properties => Settings tab => Advanced button => Monitor tab
Try a different Refresh rate.
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