Pixel artifacts with 9600XT

Hi,
I just upgraded my FX5200 to a radeon 9600XT. I have two apple Monitors connected. The adc Monitor (15") works fine. The dvi Monitor (20") has pixel artifacts when I drag windows arround. They go away when I reopen it or make a selektion. But the artifacts come again when something is in motion, like draging or video.
I tryed AticalliratorII and did a Combo Update again (10.3.9 and 10.4.8) to get the latest drivers but without a solution. Does anyone have any idea?
Thanks

Ok,
I played a bit arraound and if I disconect my 15" Monitor (ADC with extension cabel) the dvi output works fine. Now I have to find out if the extension cabel is the problem, but it worked fine with my FX5200. Strange.
But anyway, if someone has any suggestions feel free to post.
Thanks

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<blockquote>Locked by Moderator as a duplicate/re-post.
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