CS3 hand tool geeking out

I've just switched to CS3 and have noticed that at times when I try to use my hand tool it tends to geek out. To be specific it seems to look as if the image is breaking up as I attempt to drag with the hand tool. It's impossible to see what I'm looking at since my image becomes blurry the more I use the hand tool. If I zoom out the image appears normal again. I thought it was a RAM thing and have tryed to have only Illustrator open to see it the problem still occurs. If I shut down Illustrator and start it up again it tends to fix the problem...temporarily. I should mention I've never had a similar problem with CS2. Is there a setting I can adjust, is this a matter of CS3 demanding more from my computer than CS2 or is this an issue that will hopefully be fixed in the next update?
thanks

Edit/Preferences/Units & Display Performance -> set to Full Quality
If that isn't it, your graphics card may on its way out. And I seriously doubt there will be another update beyond 13.0.2 without including 14 (CS4).

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