Losing voice

Help, I've posted this before without a reply and would really appreciate it if someone could help me.
When on a website and they have something on video I get a broken voice and it skips.
I have a cable connection, the computer was built for me to trade stocks with and I run a program which I no longer do.

 

Either the computer is not fast enough to process the stream or you do not have enough memory or you do not have the correct drivers installed.

 

Racraft, thanks for the reply. My wife is away for the weekend and the spec sheet is in her files.
I will post the pertainent info tomorrow.

 

Racraft, here are the components that make up my computer.
AMD-K6 3D processor,
220.0 MB RAM
56K modem
I hope this is enough info and we're also running windows 98se
If this is not enough I have a huge list on the bill for the computer but my wife says this should be enough, any help much appreciated.

Here's what happened, I tried to get Clintons interview off Yahoo and it didn't come in properly. My wife got it much better off msnbc website but if there is a way to improve it I would like to do it.

Thanks in advance

 

Like I said, not enough machine to stream video and audio. Try downloading the entire clip, and then you MAY be able to view it. Streaming over a dial up connection with a slow, under powered machine is not going to work.

 

Racraft,

I am hooked up to time warner cable and I live in Manhattan. The machine is a few years old and I'm sure not capable of doing much but is there any way to improve it.

Thanks for your answers and patience.

 

Well, you didn't say RoadRunner, and you bothered to list the 56K modem, so I assumed dial-up. SOrry.

Additional memory would help, but not a lot. You really need a faster processor and a better OS.

 

Yep, that pc has had it. No matter how you might upgrade it, it will never be able to keep up with today's demanding programs if you try to run any.

 

That hardware is pretty marginal but I have similar (but more memory) and it usually works ok if I am sure that nothing else is running. However a lot of things try to run automatically and it can be surprisingly difficult to not run anything else.

My brother has a stock picking program that seems to always be running something and is difficult to uninstall. If you have something like this and are no longer using it, figuring out how to get rid of it may make a noticeable difference.

However, I do agree with everyone else. If you can get newer hardware you'll get much better results much more easily. I don't think there is a simple upgrade path that is worth it for such an old machine: you'll get better results cheaper by replacing the whole thing.