Brush Disappears with Increased Brush Size

Having issues with my news CS4. When I increase my brush size, no matter if it's an eraser, stamp tool or anything else, the brush cursor or "circle" starts to disappear once the brush is more than 175 pixels in diameter. I've checked preferences and the brush tool presets and cannot find why this is happening.
How do I fix this?
Thanks, NASAphotographer

Update your video card drivers.
This is a well documented problem. Also ensure that you have installed the Photoshop 11.0.1 patch.

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