Problem with brush preview in PS CS4

When my instructor shows the brush preview mode, his brush looks like the selected brush, which means that if there's a lot of feathering on it, he can see that. In the same mode and with the same cursor settings in the preferences, I only get a circle indicating the size of the brush. There's nothing to see about the relative hardness of it. COuld this be because I'm running on Windows XP? If not, how can I get to see the brush the way he does. Thanks for your help.

cheska99 wrote:
Can you use Open GL with Windows XP (if your video card supports it, obviously). For some reason I keep thinking you need Vista.
Yes. Read this Knowledge Base article on OpenGL in Photoshop.
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb404898

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