Troubleshooting Blending Pixelation Problems

When I try to blend, layers, the top layer is extemely pixelated. I am trying to merge two photos, but with anything less than 100% opacity, it looks like the top layer is sprayed on with microsoft paint rather than a nice smooth blend. Any ideas what I can troubleshoot?

Final piece of information I can think of... I installed PSE12 on my other laptop and blend works fine on it. So I'm assuming it's not technique or standard setting but maybe some type of compatibility issue. I would hope it could be worked around since GIMP worked on either laptop.
Here is my system info for the working laptop:
Adobe Photoshop Elements Version: 12.0 (12.0 (20130925.r.43436)) x32
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:5, Stepping:2 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Physical processor count: 4
Processor speed: 2394 MHz
Built-in memory: 3957 MB
Free memory: 2055 MB
Memory available to Photoshop Elements: 3255 MB
Memory used by Photoshop Elements: 70 %
Image tile size: 128K
Image cache levels: 6
Display: 1
Display Bounds:= top: 0, left: 0, bottom: 768, right: 1366
Video Card Number: 1
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
Driver Version: 8.692.1.0
Driver Date: 20100122000000.000000-000

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