Extremely jaggy photos when using them in Photo-Screensaver

Hello together,
I have a problem with the "own-photos-screensaver": Allthough all photos are made with at least 8 Megapixels and all slidshows in iPhoto are running perfect, the screensaver is extremely jaggy.
I feel it looks like the OS is using a kind of 640x480 quality and then is pumping it up to the 1680x1050 screen resolution. I think that this is not normal?
Is there a possibility to repair it? Maybe I can somehow completely uninstall the screensaver and then install it again?
Thanks and best regards,
Ron

Which "own-photos-screensaver" are you using?
Are you using the options under the line in the
ScreenSaver PrefPane (where it lists Library and all
of your iPhoto albums)
Yes, I am using this one. The funny thing is that also the original Apple screensavers like "Forest" also look very jaggy and I am pretty sure that it did not look like this in the past. So any chance to re-install the whole thing or delete some preferences etc.?
Best,
Ron

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