Weird Driver swap issue since 10.4.10 install

hey all hows it going.
i have a weird issue that i believe is a video driver issue. im actually a system administrator for a company so this is kind of fustrating not knowing how to fix something, so i turn to you guys!
ok so i have a imac g5 17" pc i've had since around 2003-4 now.. and the issue is that the display keeps alternating between 800X600 to the proper native resolution by itself randomly.
i have done a re-install of osx 10.4 and repatched to no avail, i have repaired permissions to the disc, i have started osx in safe mode and got it to rebuild the basic windows.preferences.plist file to no avail.
and then i noticed something. the specs on my mac had changed slightly since the 10.4.10 upgrade. i have not made any upgrade changes.
basically, this should be the video card according to apple and my receipt
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra with 64MB DDR
SDRAM with AGP 8X support
from the website
http://support.apple.com/specs/imac/iMac_G5.html
looking on my "about my mac" "more.." section it states
ATI Radeon 9600:
Chipset Model: ATY,RV351
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: AGP
VRAM (Total): 128 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x4150
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-xxxxx-117
Displays:
err.. what the? i believe this COULD be the issue, no?
so my question is, how in the world could this happen and how do i change it back or change the video driver ? please help asap!

Thought you could use this info about getting FireWire to work!
First, you should always Repair Permissions in Disk Utility before and after any update; I would do that now. If you installed your update with FireWire plugged in, your Mac may not recognize it anymore.
Try resetting your FireWire ports by disconnecting all FW devices, shut down your Mac and unplug it from AC power (wall socket) for 30 minutes. plug it back in and try FW.
If that did'nt work, download the combo update from this site (yours may be corrupt), not Software Update, disconnect all firewire + USB devices except keyboard + mouse, Repair Permissions, re-install update, Repair Permissions again + try. Yours is the 10.4.6 Combo update. Others reading, download the Combo that applies to your system.
If that still did'nt get it Zap the PRAM. While restarting Mac hold down the following key combo Command-Option-P-R. Keep holding those keys down till you hear the second start-up chime, then release.
For those of you with Macs that are not PowerBooks or iBooks, a bad internal battery can cause FireWire to not be recognized, so make sure it's good!
Good Luck!
Cheers!
DALE

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