Brush strokes not smooth, all circles

I'm running CS2 on a 6 year old computer.
This never happened before, but rather started 2 days ago.
When I pull a brush stroke through my image, the stroke is not smooth. The stroke looks like it's made up of all circles, and I can see edges as I pull the stroke.
I use my CS2 for coloring my lineart and cartoons.
Could this be an indication of not enough RAM?
What could it be?

Mark20112099 wrote:
Okay, so how can I change this?
Start with Windows - Brush.
Click on Brush Tip Shape at the upper-left.
Change the Spacing value near the bottom.
-Noel

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