With the visuals open, if you click on the options button in the top right of the iTunes window, you can choose to 'Use OpenGL'. But alas, this option doesn't 'stick', I select it, and isn't selected the next time I open up the options. I guess iTunes is having trouble recognizing my ATi card(iceBook 500mhz)? I read on the apple.com support discussion area that other people were having the same problem. Maybe a fix will come soon.