Clone Stamp Freakout in CS4-Mac

Hi,
I am using PhotoShop CS4 on a Mac Pro (2x2.8Ghz Quad Core, 4Gb RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT) running 10.5
My CS4 is up to date.
I use a Wacom Intuos3 6x11 tablet with stylus; it is also up to date.
I am retouching a large (1.88GB) PSD file with multiple layers.
Here is my problem: as I attempt to use the clone stamp, PS stalls in a really peculiar way. I'll either be in the act of cloning, or holding spacebar to get the hand to move around the image, and PS stops functioning. No commands work; the mouse is unresponsive. I do get two large boxes at the top of my image: one is a static checkerboard transparency, the other is a checkerboard trasparency that flickers at seizure-inducing rates.
This goes on for about 20 minutes, after which I am able to work normally (and save, save, save) for about five minutes.
It also seems to be exacerbated if I zoom in closer than 100%.
I have not had this problem on larger files, so I'm not convinced this is a memory issue. It is going to become a "smash my Mac with my tablet" issue.
I have turned off all other programs, including Spaces.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

Did you update to Photoshop 11.0.1?
If you already did, then it sounds like you're having a display driver problem or a GPU failure.
You may want to get the machine checked, and in the meantime you can turn off GPU drawing in preferences.

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