Dragging with path or direct selection too leaves outline

I'm experiencing this incredibly annoying behavior in PS over the past 10 days. Dragging with a selection tool (or shape tools) used apply a thin dotted outline only when the mouse was depressed—very helpful for knowing what area would be selected. Now I don't see that outline until I release the mouse button (or stylus) at which point the outline persists (see attached screenshot). The behavior is sometimes corrected with a restart, other times not.
I'm on a macbook pro 2.4GHz with 16GB of RAM running 10.8.2 and CS6 13.1.2 x64 Extended.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If you see the problem go away with the GPU turned off, then try turning it back on then go through the three different advanced options (Mode: Basic, Normal, Advanced). It could be you can have GPU-acceleration and proper display updates at the same time, but not with the mode you had it on before.
Make sure you fully Quit and restart Photoshop after making any of the GPU settings changes.
-Noel

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Fig. 1
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