Sticky Layer Move Redraw

New computer, same software (AE CS6). This laptop has an Nvidia GeForce GT 750M in it, running Windows 8.1. Nvidia driver 9.18.13.3221.
If I start to move a layer it won't move for a brief moment - but then then layer "catches up" to where I've dragged it to/where the cursor is. Then, with the mouse button pressed, the redraw is zippy speedy so long as the layer is moving, but if I pause and stop moving the layer - mouse button still pressed - it sticks again when I restart moving the layer. It's like 1 thru 10 but instead of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 the layer goes 1........6 7 8 9 10, skipping 2 3 4 and 5, which is terrible when you're making small adjustments.
Suspecting switchable graphics I disabled the onboard Intel graphics in the Device Manager.
I went to the Nvidia settings and manually set it to always use the Nvidia card. No luck.
Anyone else experience this? My old laptop / Nvidia combination didn't have this problem. Everything else on the laptop is zoomzoom with the 16GB RAM, SSD drive etc.
Thought there might be a "how After Effects uses OpenGL" etc etc etc setting in AE I'm missing.
Marc

And this happens with the slider scrubbers too - not just the move "tool" in the Comp viewer.
For instance, I just went to scrub spin dial in a Rotation value and as I rotated the layer, same thing - sticky stuck at the start and then fine fine fine so long as I kept dragging but then as soon as I slowed down enough or paused, the layer stuck again as it rotated in the viewport. It's like it's quantum jumping - it's just popping to a position / rotation instead of travelling there...

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