Photoshop CS5 - Can't see anchors or path outlines. If I zoom in or out, they appear.

Hi,
Since installing CS5 on my PC, I've been having a SUPER annoying issue.
When I do a free transform, draw with the bezier pen tool or anything where you want to see anchors & path outlines, they are invisible. They are in fact present b/c:
if my mouse hovesr over an anchor point (by chance or my estimating where the anchor points are) the mouse tip changes
if I zoom in or out, then everything shows up (anchor points & lines)
Right after I zoom in or out, if I then make a change to an anchor point (drag it or pull it's handles) those changes don't happen live. As in, I can't see/preview what I'm doing/moving. I have to do it, let go, & then zoom in (or out) just to see the current state of anchors/paths.
It's totally unworkable & I don't know how to resolve. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
I'm hoping it's some little setting that I'm just oblivious to...
THANKS!!

They should stay visible. They do normally. You know that with one of the pen tools selected you can ctrl-click on a path to make the anchors visible, right?
But they should stay visible during a zoom operation.
It's possible your video driver isn't implementing OpenGL properly. First thing to do is try temporarily disabling OpenGL to see if the problem clears up. Go into Edit - Preferences - Performance to do this.
Even if this doesn't correct the issue, it's almost always a good idea to visit the web site of the manufacturer of your video card and see if they've released newer video drivers for your card and version of Windows.
Best of luck.
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