Video flicker/corruption in Games

I have an issue when running UT2k3 and SofFII video games. Large parts of the video and the text within the game flicker and/or becomes corrupted. Have tried installing new drivers and old drivers etc... upgrade mobo bios and all game patches to no avail. Happens intermittenly. Driving me nuts. Can become so bad as to make the game unplayable.
P4 2.4
Win XP Pro
MSI Ti 4200 64mb
Abit IT7 Mobo
512MB Ram
Any ideas would be appreciated.

My refresh rate is at 85. It is not that kind of flicker. The flicker is more of pieces of the maps/walls/text/etc. flash and/or become corrupted in graphics intense games. I have installed all the latest MSI and nVidia drivers to no avail.
Chissel

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