Final cut express gives a jittery image on my G5 iMac

I asked a similar question before and got some useful input but the problem still exists. When i enter a still image then zoom in with the motion tools in FCE the image moves around unevenly in the frame. When I Render the images in the Timeline, the problem gets even worse. I tried this with the same images on my old G4 450 with FCP 1.2 and it worked just fine- the way it's supposed to. Could there be a system problem with my iMac G5?

First I tried flicker filter, and it helped some of the photos, but others became even worse! (The entire image shakes now instead of just portions.) I removed the flicker filter and tried the de-interlace filter, and that produced about the same results. I would try editing the photos separately in Adobe Photoshop, but before I delve into that I would like to set up an external video monitor. Unfortunately I've wasted about two days, and I can't seem to get it to work. I first tried by connecting the iMac to a Sony camcorder and connecting the camcorder to the video port on my television. No joy. Then I tried connecting the iMac via a mini-DVI to video adapter to my television. I thought my old television might be the problem, so I connected instead to the video port on a projector, and it still didn't work! I've changed the display settings and deleted certain preferences files, to no avail. My iMac doesn't seem to recognize the external display. I'm beginning to doubt this Mac purchase. Thanks for any help you can provide!

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