Symptom:

Google Earth flickers/screen is jittery when zooming in/out or just moving around. 


Solution:

From within the Google Earth app - go to Tools >> Options. Change Graphics Mode from OpenGL to DirectX, change Anisotropic Filtering to High



Inside Nvidia Control Panel >> Manage 3D Settings >> Global Settings:

Preferred graphics processor - Use high-performance NVIDIA processor

Max Frame Rate - cap at 30 or 60 fps

Power management mode - Prefer maximum performance

Texture filtering - Quality - High performance


Other options can be fine-tuned as required, although the above should be more than enough to ensure smooth performance.