Compression help! Stuttering HD export h.264???

Guys,
This is a problem I have had for a long time. I am just realizing it isn't a hardware playback issue and more likely my export settings which is causing this issue. I am trying to export h.264 .mov files of 3d animation. The res. is 1280 x 720. This problem has existed for FAR to long for me and I just can't stand it anymore. The frames are rendered out of Modo or Maya as .TGA. I then export using a variety of settings as either h.264 or mpeg-4 on a quad g5, or a MacbookPro Core 2 duo 2.33Ghz, or a MacPro Octo all with lots of ram and yet the stuttering on playback of the exported sequences continue. Could someone point me to suggestions for setting the export options properly? I am about to sell a slew of tutorials for the Modo 3D, Maya and Unity 3D communities and I would obviously like my videos to playback without stuttering. Any help would be appreciated IMMENSELY
Thanks for your time.
Gary Haus

Thanks for your continued help. Here is a link to the .mov file
right mouse and save as to download it. About 25Mb
www.pixelmojo.com/HexaCOLOUR_Test2.mov
This is the background(not finished rendering) for the eventual composite.
Open Quicktime Pro. Open Image sequence from File menu. Choose the first file in the list of frames. Choose export form file menu. Set type to Quicktime movie. Change options to compression type - None. Millions of colors(no need for Alpha) Best quality. Set name and wait for QT to 'bake' it out.
Then using the uncompressed file I export to h.264 or .mpeg-4 with different settings. You can see the attached movie doesn't run very smoothly at certain points.
Thanks again,
Gary

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