Youtube video playback choppy

I know this is a problem many others have had, but I couldn't find anything doing a search.
I did a clean install of Windows 7 Professional a few weeks ago and now I am having problems with video and audio playback when viewing imbedded youtube videos. I tried uninstalling Flash 10 and installed Flash 9 as I read somewhere this may be the culprit. However, this did not help.
I am wondering if it is a video card issue. I have download the Windows 7 drivers for the card, but that didn't help either. I never had this problem until I installed Windows 7. Any ideas on what I can do? Do I need to update (buy a new one) my video card? I am using a Dell Dimension 8400 with 3gb of RAM which is a few years old but still very serviceable. The video card is an ATI Radeon X300.
Thanks for your help.

Thanks for the reply.
Flash folder contents:
Flash10e.ocx
FlashUtil9k.exe
FlashUtil10e.exe
install.log
unintall_activeX.exe
Sometimes when I open Quicken there is a problem with the sound. Quicken normally plays a short melody when it opens. However, since I started having this problem, the melody sometimes stutters like the youtube audio. Because of this, I thought the audio card was bad and replaced it. However, it made no difference. I have no difficulty playing mp3 music files.
I have not seen any error messages regarding flash.

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