Ah thanks for all the replies! I didn't get notification that I got any even though I subscribed! Going to read through these, try a few things, and post again once I have an update. I don't have the computer here at my house of course, so it's not easy to just try things...but thanks!

and "thank you" for suggesting an nVidia card! That must be it....I mean I've been using ATI/AMD cards for the better part of 15 years now and have never had problems, so that must be the solution... (Sorry for the sarcasm, just thought it was funny that Ceelo would post that "tip"...)