Leopard ATIRadeonx1000GLDriver.bundle broken for 256MB vram imacs

I have been troubleshooting opengl problems on my 2 GHz intel core duo with ATI RadeonX1600 with 256 MB vram.
If I boot in safe mode everything looks good.
If remove the ATIRadeonx1000GLDriver.bundle from the /System/Library/Extensions/ folder the display looks good but front row and probably anything else that uses quartz extreme stops working.
The problem I'm trying to eliminate are:
distorted graphics in front row, they look like a twisted perspective and are being drawn in the wrong locations
little black dots in my video window
System Preferences window has thin vertical tears rainbow colors
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Ben

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