Originally Posted by Waffle

what motherboard do you have?

If you have integrated graphics on the mobo (which is unlikely, but still possible), or old drivers still existant, then the pc will pick up the old settings.

whats it like for playing games? If you get a display and you dont have integrated graphics then to me that means the card is working.

if it doesnt play games (well) and you still get a display its likely your onboard graphics is still active