I recently added an iMac with 8Gb Ram, and I use VMWare due to a need to run an oracle database and some of the Oracle utilities. To my horror, the repaint on the XP VM was marginal, and I often found myself doing double takes at the things I had written (more than the usual amount anyway).
I tried mucking with the 3D Acceleration on the VM Settings, but that didn't have any effect.
What did the trick was modifying the settings on the Windows VM - in this case XP.
Under Control Panel / Display Settings / Settings Tab
click the Advanced Button
Goto the Troubleshoot Tab
Adjust the Hardware acceleration down one notch.
Restart your VM.
No more double takes due to missing pixels.
Sometimes You've Just Gotta Draw a Line
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