Photoshop CS4 Brushes not Anti Aliasing properly

I've just set up CS4 and my brushes are not anti aliasing properly. There are no soft edges on any of them. I'm able to get a pressure sensitive opacity change on the stroke but the edges are all pixelated.
Here is an image (this is a soft brush. notice none of the feathering/anti aliasing is there):
http://craji.com/images/adobeproblem.jpg
I've updated the newest gpu drivers for my Nvidia 8800 GTS.
I'm running XP SP3 with dual monitors. An Apple 30" and a Cintiq 21"
I've tried placing the main photoshop window on both monitors (one at a time) to test if that was causing it and i've had no luck.
All of the options in my GPU Enabled are currently unchecked (since they were giving me lag issues on my brush stroke when they were checked).
Any help (even linking me to something similar in this forum) is greatly appreciated.
Cheers-

Definitely not file dependent. I'll open a photo in sRGB 8bit, or create a new document with any settings from cmyk/rgb/bw 8/16 etc.
I'm wondering if it has something to do with my Nvidia Display Property utility. I use it to gamma up my secondary monitor (cintiq). Although disabling that utility didn't resolve it..
I'll try uninstalling and reinstalling tonight if no one is having similar problems. Maybe that will fix it.

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