Streaming videos slow

Hey, for some reason my computer can't seem to stream online videos for longer than about 10 minutes. The audio remains intact but the video becomes choppy and within a couple minutes it's like watching a noisy powerpoint. I have a ton of free disk space and everything is updated (as far as 10.5 goes). My computer has been having some trouble recently- it runs really slowly if I use it for more than 20 minutes (doing anything- word processors, itunes, anything) and I don't know what to do.
If you have any ideas that run deeper than "do you have any free disk space" or "have you spilled water on it" please enlighten me

It's an intel Mac, 2.66GHz running os10.5.8. I normally use Safari unless it crashes- then I use Firefox. Safari is 5.0.6 and Firefox is 3.0.6. Both Safari and Firefox have had their fair share of crashing recently, but it doesn't seem like the video streaming problem lies in the browser. The computer itself seems to run very hot during video, which I'm sure is relatively normal, but maybe it's been overheating or something. If I let it cool off for a bit the picture gets better but still not close to perfect. I just want my iBook G3 back- that thing worked like a charm for 7 years haha

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