Powermac vs ibook - slow loading of webpages

For a while now I have been mainly using my ibook G4 over my powermac G5 to access the internet but have had to revert back to the powermac (power lead packed up on ibook!). I have noticed the following and wonder if anyone could give me any tips.
Powermac - accesses web using router with ethernet. Browser is Safari, OSX Panther
ibook - accesses web via same router but wirelessly. Browser is Safari, OSX Tiger
However, pages on the powermac are significantly slower to load than when I use the ibook. Its getting to the point where I just can't be bothered to use the internet as I'm tearing my hair out waiting for pages to load. Now I know you may say it could be the page I'm trying to access but I'm only going to same pages as last week, and the weeks, months before on the ibook and these were loading no problem. Plus the Powermac is connected direct to the router via ethernet cable so would have thought it would have been quicker. I'm even using the same browser on both computers so can't see how it can be a problem with Safari. I've cleared the cache, removed webpage icons but dont know what else to do.
Any help would be greatly appeciated. Thanks!

After some experimenting, it seems like my poor speed and sluggishness is the result of my computer heating up. I have always turned my computer on at 6 AM and put it to sleep at 10 PM. But with Leopard, if I leave it on all day, it gets extremely hot by late afternoon. Most of my computer work involves accessing a number of websites to monitor sales, auctions, etc. for our businesses. By evening, I can't get most of the sites to open and instead the browsers time out. Today I tried putting it to sleep everytime I needed to leave my desk and it stayed a lot cooler and I'm still working this evening!
When I turn on the computer in the morning, it is lightning fast and pages open almost before I finish clicking!
Are there any suggestions as to why it is heating up and how I can overcome this problem?
Thanks!

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