Has anyone done this or know how to do it?
I recently installed the chocobo patch and was able to "tick" the game and playing in TNT2 mode, the game works fine in the 3D world map mode but when i zone into any place the 2D background becomes black. I figured the reason is that my video card failed the 8-bit paletted textures test in FF7config.exe. I used rivatuner to check and found the option is enabled then i got stuck. I also remember back to the day when i was using FX5700 (which is broken right now) i passed all the test in FF7config.exe so i don't know if it is the driver's problem or video card's problem.
Thanks in advance

Got any graphical issues when playing other games?
If not then its probably the drivers or the game that dont support the graphic card.

Have you tried updating your graphic drivers?
Maybe you can try to set your graphics card hardware acceleration
down a notch and see if it has any effects.

Try running the game in compatibility mode if you haven't already.
Also, check the compatibility database. I might be wrong, but I just seem to recall FF7 needing a few things done to get it working.

Of course, the newer hardware may also be an issue too, but I'm not sure.