Youtube videos choppy/slow on my mac

hi. so youtube vids are really choppy on my mac. i may just have too slow a computer, but if anyone has any advice on how to fix this, i will be much obliged..
eMac
1.25ghz
1gb RAM
Safari 4.0.2
Message was edited by: jonathan berry2

In System Profiler>Hardware>Graphics/Displays, what is reported, like my eMc/1.4 reports this...
ATI Radeon 9600:
Chipset Model: ATY,RV351
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
VRAM (Total): 64 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x4150
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-xxxxx-117
Displays:
eMac:
Display Type: CRT
Resolution: 1280 x 960 @ 72 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Built-In: Yes
Core Image: Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported

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