Haswell rMBP choppy animations/transitions

I am noticing some choppy tranistion animations when for example when I'm in Safara with multiple tabs and I pinch out with the gesture so I can navigate trough my other tabs. And no it's not because I've loaded several large pages, I just openend two pages on google to test this.
Also when I press the button on some applications that support full screen it doesn't go so smooth to say the least.
These are some examples and there are probably more out there
Am I the only one having this?
Thanks

I also notice some choppy animations in my mavericks rmbp. It' s brand new. First of all the initial apple logo at startup. the animation of it swiping up is bit stuttering.
And at the end of scrolling is somewhat choppy.
When maximizing a window.
When switching between tabs in safari

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