Drop Shadow parameter causes flickering

I seem to remember seeing this problem occasionally some time ago but now its worse.
Drop shadow" parameter seems to yield a flickering result. I check drop shadow and set both blur and distance to say 16. Looks perfect on the screen. Then I render the project and watch it as a quicktime movie. Now the shadow flickers. Some frames it is perfect then for the next 3-4 frames there is no shadow at all. Then perfect again etc.
Is GPU AFU?
The movie is in HD resolution. 1080i60
Motion 2.0.1
OS 10.4.8
1.5GB RAM G5 2GHz
GeForce 6600LE
Anyone seen something similar?
Thanks in advance,
Paul

ARGHH - Posted in wrong forum - sorry all. This is a Motion question...
Paul

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