A new video card will not help. Video codecs are processor intensive. If I recall correctly the minimum processor speed for MPEG decoding is about 400 Mhz. You might improve performance by using a lower screen resolution.

peter.kriek@googlemail.com wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> i just found my old pentium2 - 300 mhz. and would like to use it for
> listening mp3s and watch some movies, when
> my girlfriend is using my real pc for "working/ learning" (whatever).
>
> mp3 works fine, but watching avi's is more or less like watching a
> slideshow :).
>
> so im thinking: throw away the old agp graphics card and put in a
> newer old one, mabey it will work.
> but i dont know what the computers uses most for decoding mpeg movies.
> cpu, graphic card, memory?
> anybody has a clue? what do you think? ( i know- you are thinking:
> "throw it out of a 10-story building", but first i want to check some
> alternatives)
>
> thanks
> peter