Muted colours on profiled monitor

I am having problems with colours in Elements 9, even though my AG Neovo F-419 monitor has been profiled with an Eye-One Match 3 calibration tool. All colours appear muddy/muted in Elements developer, an example being 255 red displaying as ochre. The same files opened in other programs show the colours correctly. RAW files show the same muted colours in Camera RAW and in the developer. It is as if Elements is not using the monitor profile when displaying the files.
On checking my Edit / Color settings I found it was on the recommended 'Always optimise colors for computer screens'. Changing this to 'No color management' causes developer to display the correct colours, whether the picture files have an embedded profile (sRGB) or not. RAW files still show muted colours in Camera RAW, but now display correctly in developer.
My guess is that I have got some setting(s) incorrect, can anyone suggest what needs doing so that I can see the correct colours in Camera RAW and developer.
Technical data that may be relevant.
OS - Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit ) version 6.1 with Service Pack 1
Monitor - AG Neovo F-419 VDI
Graphics card - ATI Radeon HD 5700 series
Calibration tool - Eye-One Match 3
Elements - version 9.0.1
Camera RAW - version 6.3

Check your video card. Had the same problem on one of my older g5's, Switched to the DVi port and works fine.. if you have one otherwise see if you can "borrow" from a computer store a new card for troble shooting.

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