Thanks Alpha, and yes i think my next card wont be an ATi.
also i've tried the newest 9.11 driver and its nearly the same as the 9.8, the only difference now is i get a warning window pop up all the time which tells me my power supply is underpowered for my graphics card. which it isnt as i have a 700 watt power supply with a cable plugged into the GPU. What a load of tosh lol. Only does that in oGL games.