17" MBP 9600 vs 9400 Color Difference

So I rented the Hulk in HD from iTunes... When using the 9400 card the colors are more "true" and when I switch to the 9600 the colors are more "washed" out. What gives? I really think Apple have some serious quality problems with Nvidia hardware. Anyone have some input here? I have a 2.8 17" UMBP. I have screen 9C98.
Something else of interest, is that the screen originally at its brightest did not seem as bright. I unchecked the auto adjust light to ambient light option, then I cycled the brightness from level 1 to 16 and the brightness became much better, something I would expect from equipment like this.
Mike

The two cards have two separate color settings. I noticed that today when I calibrated it, then logged out with the dedicated GT and notice it was back to factory settings, I had to calibrate that one as well.
That's my guess.
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