FreeBSD7 + Intel video chipset 965 + X11R6

[Pitre, Ian (DPS/MSP)]

Hello all,
 
First off I'm a total newbie to FreeBSD and the UNIX world.
 
I installed FreeBSD 7 about 1 wk ago and I'm about to give up at this point as I'm having video problems but it seems like such a great OS I want to fix it.
 
My video hardware:
 
Integrated onboard Intel video card, 965 chipset using the system memory
 
Here is the problem;
 
I have GNOME (version that comes with FreeBSD 7) for an interface and initially when it loaded my mouse didn't work.  I used the xorgconfig, xorgcfg did not work.  Once I ran the configuration utility and the new xorg.conf file was created I rebooted and now I have a mouse but the screen resolution is extremely low (everything is huge).  Before I ran the utility and loaded gnome the resolution was very decent (but I had no mouse).  I know they're probably unrelated.
 
Does anyone have any suggestions?
 
p.s. I discovered on X.org that the Intel 965 chipset is 'now' supported in release X11R7.2.  Would upgrading X be the smartest thing to do but my question since I'm a total newbie is... how do I do that :)
 
Thanks for any advice
 
Ian