CS4 Brush cursor acting strange over 80px diameter

Has anyone came across this problem? When the diameter of my brush (and doesn`t matter if it is regular brush or clone brush) goes over 80 px, the cursor is no longer a circle, but it starts to "cut off" - and the more I increase the diameter, the less of the cursour I can see. In the end, over 500 px diameter, I can't see the cursor at all anymore. I find it very annoying, so any idea what to do about it?
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