CS4 PROBLEM EDITING DV FOOTAGE!

I have just built a new system thinking it would be the one to get hd/sd editing done with no problem. When I export the footage into the project dv widescreen at 29.97 fp everything works fine. Once i put the footage on the time line and play the footage on the screens it goes from sharp to blurry/pixelated. If i scroll the mouse through the footage looks fine. I was not able to test out hd footage yet. I need to be able to work on sd as well. So if someone could help or at least guide me to what others have done with their systems would be appreciated!!!
P.S. I hope i dont have to switch to MAC
Here is my system:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
PROCESSOR: Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
MEMORY (RAM): 4GB
GRAPHICS CARD: EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition 896MB
448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported
SOFTWARE: ADOBE CS4 SUITE
Monitors: 2x NEC MultiSync EA 231wmi ( i use one as refferance the other for the timeline )

A link with many ideas about computer setup http://forums.adobe.com/thread/436215?tstart=0
And even more hardware discussion http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere/hardware_forum
Work through all of the steps (ideas) listed at http://ppro.wikia.com/wiki/Troubleshooting
If your problem isn't fixed after you follow all of the steps, report back with the DETAILS asked for in the questions at the end of the troubleshooting link

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-http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1369220?tstart=0
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