PDF issues in Preview

I use pdf's all of the time for looking a primary literature online, and this problem certainly does not occur on every, or even the majority, of pdf's that I view.
When opening some pdf files the scrolling is extremely jerky (especially between pages) and the text takes some time to clear up (it is initially all jagged and blurry after I scroll). This happened on leopard and still happens now after running snow leopard.
Again, it is only some of the pdf files that I view, but it happens consistently to certain files. It is as though the macbook is struggling to load the file and needs a couple extra seconds to scroll (this takes me back to my old windoze days)
Any ideas what is going on here?

Does the character of the slower-loading .pdf items change when or if you
use Adobe Reader instead of Preview? Which one is your primary choice?
Although my main choice and default is Preview for .pdf items, some of the
files I have were made in a version of Reader and for whatever reason,
appear to be encoded or somehow customized in a way Reader will do a
better job of rendering them in the computer. So, for those files, I have
chosen Reader; while leaving the system default set to Preview.
While I did read the question, in reference to Preview, this may be the only option.
Perhaps such an arrangement may work for you, with only the troublesome items.
Good luck & happy computing!

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