2 monitor troubles

I am running 2 monitors, a 23" Cinema HD display, and a 20" cinema display. When i am in soundtrack Pro (FCS2, updated) and i select video out, "Cinema display full" it shows the video on my second screen but i lose the audio through my speakers, and get a warning something to the effect of "Disk limit, disk unable to provide audio fast enough" is this due to my video card (Nvidia geforce 7300 that cam with mac pro)

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