FF7 and Trident Cyberblade issues

[devitek]

I've just recently installed FF7 on my laptop which uses a Trident Cyberblade.  I got the RIVA patch and can select D3D, but the background graphics are distorted.  I can run it in software rendering, but it's painfully slow even in low-res.  Is there a way to get rid of this major annoyance or am I stuck?

[rmco2003]

I had a similar problem earlier, but I think it was due to me trying to install faulty drivers to get a piece of hardware to work.. I did a system restore and FF7 stopped lagging

[devitek]

I'm currently running Win98, fresh install.  I just want to know if there is anything I can do about the nasty backgrounds in Direct3D mode.

[Aaron]

Is this an older laptop?
I'm not familiar with that video card, it's possible that it's not completely compatible with FF7 (in D3D).