Processor Speed Slightly too low

Hello,
Whenever I watch videos they are choppy (Youtube.com, Weather.com, even listening to Pandora.com and doing other things Pandora can be choppy). After doing some troubleshooting I came across the page with System Requirements.
It says that I need a minimum "2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel® Atom™ 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbooks".
I have an "AMD Sempron (tm) Processor LE-1300 2.30 GHz". I think this is probably the problem.
Is it possible for me to download a previous version which would run with this processor, or do you have any other suggestions other than replacing the processor?
Thank you for your time.

What you're describing is CPU contention. The machine isn't fast enough. We will use hardware acceleration for graphics and audio if it's available, but it sounds like we're not doing that on your system. Either the videos aren't encoded in a way that we can take advantage of hardware, or your drivers aren't supported.
There's some information here on checking that hardware acceleration is enabled and on updating your drivers:
Video playback issues
If you've done all of that and you're still stuck, there's probably not a lot you can do. Also, it's probably actually less about the speed and more about the number of cores (which allow things to be processed concurrently). Clock speeds haven't really increased, but you'll see 2.7-3.0 Ghz quad-core chips now at the high-end, instead of single-core chips. If cost is an issue, there are some really nice Chromebooks in the $2-300 range that would be more than adequate.

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To make this easy, what you need to know is listed by processor speed.
The OPN information is printed somewhere on every AMD CPU. For all Palominos, if you're looking at one, the OPN is the first code printed on the core of the CPU located in the middle of the processor. For all Thoroughbreds, the OPN the first code printed on the black area on one edge of the CPU.
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T: 90C
V: 85C
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C: 266MHz
D: 333MHz
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TBredB: If the website you're ordering from shows an order code of AXDA2200DUV3C, that's a Thoroughbred B.
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The 2600+, 333MHz version, will run at 2083MHz.
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Next spring, we'll get more of the same when Bartons show up. You'll have Bartons and TBreds running at the same speed, too.
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