Jumpy CTI on the timeline

I use the up and down arrows constantly to navigate my projects, especially in the early cuts-only stages of an edit. Recently, I guess within the last month or so, I've started to encounter erratic CTI behavior on the timeline when navigating my timeline this way.
Watch the video in the link above, and note how my issue is not caused merely by editing AVCHD. This jittery CTI issue started with Premiere Pro CC, though I can't recall whether I noticed it before or only after the 7.01 update.
I never noticed a jumpy CTI in PPr CS6 where I could use the up/down arrows to really move around my project fast. Anyone else having this issue?
*** Laptop ***
ASUS G75VX
Windows 7, 64-bit
Intel i73630qm 2.4GHz (3.4GHz Turbo)
16GB RAM
NVIDIA GTX670mx, 3GB DDR5

Your the first I've seen report this. I'm not seen anything similar on my two systems.
Given this, and your general comment about CC being a step back, I'm inclined to believe you've got a bad install. My own impression is that CC has actually fixed a lot of the "steps back" that CS6 took and productivity has noticeably improved with CC7. If you're not having that same experience, something is wrong.
For this particular issue, I'd be looking at the graphics card/driver.

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Message was edited by: Scott Stark

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