CS4 is Constantly disabling GPU enhancements

Each time I open CS4 and the initial image I get this message, "Photoshop has encountered a problem with the display driver, and has temporarily disabled GPU enhancements. Check the video card manufacturer's website for the latest software."
I'm writing to the Adobe Forum because GeForce feels they are not the cause of the problem. Here is what I've done toward resolving this problem:
As a side note let me add here that after upgrading CS2 to CS4 this error message appeared religiously. That caused me to purchased an Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT display adapter w/ 512mb memory. Prior to installing the new card I downloaded their newest drivers for this card after removing the old drivers. Originally I had a GeForce 7600 card. The error message continued with the new card. I've searched the settings within CS4 trying to find an option that would resolve the problem. This machine has a new motherboard, a D945GNT Intel board. It will support 64-bit however I'm currently running XP Pro 32-bit, SP3. It also has a new Pentium D dual core processor. I have 4 GB of RAM.
Have I overlooked a setting in the CS4 program that will resolve the issue? The graphics are slow to regenerate if you move in or out. Bridge is slow to generate all images in folders. As I view the tutorials on the Net I see normal regens where mine are slow. And last but certainly not least, other programs are slow to open. I've done several virus scans and turned up nothing. I've run chkdsk /r on all of my drives. I've run defrag on all my drives as well as Disk Cleanup.
I've got a copy of Vista Ultimate heading my way. I'm prepared to wipe the c-drive and begin over. Do you think my problems will go away after the new operating system in installed or is this my second bad 9600 GT video card?

Folks,
I tested several older and newer cards with the new CS4 enhancements on Win XP SP3 workstations. Here my lowdown (or 2 cents):
Issues on all cards, no matter what:
-All cards did have the one issue when displaying an image on a 2nd monitor: Background showing through. Just maximize the image window and the problem is gone. This happens to all my 6 video cards, no matter what driver, brand or GPU!
How to avoid the "GPU Message" and reduce drawing issues:
Here two cards that deliver a pretty decent price/performance (nothing is perfect, really). Key: The DEVIL IS IN THE GPU SETTINGS DETAILS! With these settings, we had a good performance with brushes, clone/healing, zooming and NO MORE GPU MESSAGE:
NVidia GeForce 8600 - 512MB
Use the following settings, and the error messages are gone:
-Vertical Sync: Yes
-3D Interaction: Blank/Disabled
-Force Bilinear Interpolation: No
-Advanced Drawing: Yes
-Use for Image Display: Yes
-Color Matching: Yes
ATI Radeon 4670 - 1GB
-Vertical Sync: No
-3D Interaction: Blank/Disabled
-Force Bilinear Interpolation: No
-Advanced Drawing: Yes
-Use fro Image Display: No
-Color Matching: Yes
I really believe that you will encounter issues no matter what brand, type or age of GPU you're using. The Trick is to find the perfect GL settings for your card. Based on my research, the OS seems to have no impact.
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Bruno

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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:19:02 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: GPU enhancements disabled
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