PowerMac G5 (not Mac Pro) with Radeon X1900 Xt locks after Leopard install

have a PowerMac G5 (not a MacPro) with an ATI Radeon X1900 XT (w/256 RAM). After installing Leopard, my system crashes regularly, especially after the screen saver kicks in. I also see blue horizontal lines on any display connected to the card. The original Gforce 6600LE remains stable.
I see all this jabber about the upgrade for the XT card if you are using a MacPro. My card is not THAT card. It was specifically recommended by ATI as being G5 compatible.
So now I think I may back off of Leopard and go back to 10.4.whatever unless someone can tell me how to get past this unacceptable performance. Apple support has been no help at all.
Anybody...???
Vfalzone

Saw two updates pass by in the last two days: 10.5.2 and another 'Graphic Upgrade'. I mistakenly thought the problems would be corrected. No dice. Still get horizontal lines on any monitor connected to the X1900 Xt card.
Not too many cards I can get for this box that have dual DVI ports. SO much for my $250+ CARD and Leopard!
This really *****.

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