Choppy Flash Animation - Mac issue??

I have attempted, with no luck, to get an answer to the following question on adobe.com and flashkit.com. I'm hoping there may be a "Mac" solution. When I attempt to view Flash files either locally or on the www, my machine comes to a virtual crawl; not just the Flash animation, but every app that is open at the time. And, this happens regardless of the browser that I use (Safari, Firefox or IE). I purchased a product called "Cocktail" and ran all applicable fixes on there. I also ran disk utilities from my startup disk which found some errors and repaired all. I uninstalled Flash Player and reinstalled the latest version. I trashed a ton of useless files to see if freeing up disc space would help. It didn't. I can view Flash files just fine on my daughter's little PC with 500+ megs of RAM, but my 4 gig dual processor G5 never gets up to speed. This problem just seems to have started within the last week. Again I emphasize that the computer behaves the same when I run the Flash file(s) locally, so I've ruled out this being an "internet" issue. Plus, my daughter's computer is on the same network and runs these files fine. ANY suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I run a web design business from my home, and need to have my machine screamin' to keep the checks coming in.
Thanks in advance -

Check your Activity Monitor once and see what your CPU usage is doing. Also, try running Xbench and see what your graphic score is. Compare scores here.
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