alasdair555 wrote:
It seems you're seeing the latest manifestation of Poors law, the newer the Intel processor the worse it is. On a plus note I played a DVD on mine last night and it worked perfectly in VLC with only 20% CPU usage, so potentially the GPU was helping in some way.
You, sir, are hilarious! 
Perhaps Intel has learned how to handle MPEG-2 acceleration over the years, with the GMA 950 having motion compensation support and the GMA 3150 having full acceleration.
Back to the flickering problem, there's an awful lot of it in Grand Theft Auto 2's menu, but none in-game (so far, I haven't progressed very far in the game). In the 2 expansion packs for the original GTA, there's substantial flickering when you first reach the menu, but it stops after a second or two. You can download GTA2 from GTA2 « GTAMP.com as it seems Rockstar has taken down the official download with CD-quality music.