My photos are 'pixelated'

Well, pixelated probably isn't the right term... you can see in this pic on the subjects cheek (her left, viewers right). The edges on most of my photos look like this in PS only- not in RAW, or Bridge... or saved as a jpeg and viewed through another program... just in photoshop. These are all large files straight from my camera. Also, when using the paint brush, if its larger than '150' (which isn't overly large on these photos) the 'circle' turns into a semi circle!. I can live with the brush problem, but the bad edges are horrible! (the photo here doesn't do it justice!!)
Please Help!!
PS, the "enable openGL" is not on...

The semi-circle cursor issue is one that can be solved by updating your video drivers from the web site of the maker of your video card (which I'm betting is nVidia).
-Noel

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