I'll just post my whole system, should've done that in the first place sorry.
500 watt antec PSU
evga 8800gt
amd athlon x2 6000+
Mzn-mx Se plus asus motherboard (that's the second one I tried, the original was a similar one made by EGS and both yielded the same results)
2gb patriot ram (tested the ram with two sticks of 256mb ram, tried one at a time in each slot then both in either slot.)
320gb seagate hard drive
Windows vista, unfortunate, I know.
Tested on both a 20" lcd monitor and an old 17" beater I found in my attic.