PhotoShop CS2 MultiMonitor Problems

Hi, I recently built my dad a new machine for his work. The machine is set for multiple monitors (3) and to dual boot to Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit and XP Pro 32bit. I installed PhotoShop CS2 on the Win7 partition, and everything seemed to go well. However when photoshop's main window is extended across all 3 monitors the window starts to artifact/glitch, and so does the desktop, causing many things to be unresponsive when clicking on them. I can pull up task manager without any problem and close PhotoShop which immediately ends all problems. This problem only occurs with photoshop's main window. It does not occur in any other programs, nor does it occur with the photo editing window (the window the actual picture is displayed in.) This multi-monitor setup was running on an older machine without this problem. The problem occurs when about 2 and 2/3rds of the screens are taken up horizontally, the vertical size has no effect. It doesn't matter which monitor is the third monitor, as soon as the main photoshop window hits a certain horizontal length the problem occurs. If I reduce the resolution of the monitors the problem does not occur. This leads me to believe it’s a problem photoshop’s main window is having after reaching a certain horizontal size. Has anyone else had this problem, or know of a solution or at least a reason this is occurring if there is no solution? I would like to get this problem fixed so my dad can take full advantage of the screen real-estate available for his work productivity.
Here's the new machine's setup:
OS: Win 7 Home Prem 64bit and Win XP Pro 32bit
CPU: Core i-7 930
MB: ASUS P6T SE
RAM: 12GB DDR3-1333
GPU: nVidia Quadro NVS 440
Old Machine:
OS: Win XP Pro 32bit
CPU: Core 2 Duo Extreme X6800
MB: ASUS P5N32-SLI SE
RAM: 4GB DDR2-667
GPU: nVidia Quadro NVS 440
Monitors:
(2x) Acer P243W 24inch LCD 1920x1400
(1x) Acer AL2423w 24inch LCD 1920x1400
Effective resolution: 5760x1400
Thanks in advance!

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