"solarization" w/ ATI X1900xt Card in Aperture (RAW only)

I have installed the ATI x1900xt card and have a solarization issue with images in the Canon .CR2 RAW format. JPG images are fine.
This started happening soon after the upgrade to Leopard 10.5.2.
I had done a re-install of Aperture to bring it back to 2.0 but still had the problem (and upgraded back to 2.1.1)
I run dual cards, and have the GeForce 7300 as secondary (the ATI x1900 as my main card)
If I run just the GeForce 7300, I have no issues, the issue is only present with the x1900. Even with the latest upgrade to 10.5.5, there is no 'fix.
If I move the Aperture window to a monitor running off the GeForce 7300, minimize and then maximize so that Aperture runs off that card, no problems.
Anyone else having this issue and know of a fix other than buying a different video card. I just bought the ATI x1900 4 months ago and can't afford to just buy another one.

The release of Leopard 10.5.6 has solved this issue, within the release notes is reference to Graphics updates to increase speed and stability within Aperture.

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