Trouble playing multiple streaming videos. Put in graphics card to fix?

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I'm wondering if someone could help guide me with what I can do next, I'm not that computer savvy and am considering making a new computer, but want to check if there isn't anything I can do now to fix the problem I have. I use my old HP for just internet use; email and watching streaming videos. When multiple videos start playing, like ads on the same page or from pop-up windows, everything gets really slow until I either pause the ad vids or exit out of the pop up windows. I want my videos to run smooth regardless of how many are playing at the same time. Does this mean I need a new video card or is there something else I can do?

here are the specs:

CPU: Dual Core Pentium D 3 GHz
RAM: 4 Gigs
Graphics: Integrated


 
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Part of it depends on the website. Some sites with tons of Flash ads and such all firing off at once will get less responsive even on a really fast system. I personally run Adblock (a Chrome extension) that prevents most ads from loading unless I whitelist the site. The internet got a whole lot more fun to use when I started using that.

I doubt many of the ads you're talking about are using any sort of GPU acceleration, so chances are a fast video card won't help much (at least not past a certain point). I'd expect a fast CPU to help most, and enough RAM to keep many memory-hungry tabs from bogging down the system.
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Upgrade my CPU? I'm not sure. Here's the info you requested.

Motherboard: Hewlett-Packard OA54h
Model: HP Compact dc7700 Small Form Factor
Make: Hewlett-Packard

It's a premade computer I bought at Walmart a few years ago. I'm under the impression that these kinds of computers aren't really made to be upgraded. But from what you're saying, my CPU isn't good enough to handle all the data. So if I make a new pc, I won't need to worry about a graphics card? just get a good enough CPU and a motherboard with integrated graphics?
 
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Part of it depends on the website. Some sites with tons of Flash ads and such all firing off at once will get less responsive even on a really fast system. I personally run Adblock (a Chrome extension) that prevents most ads from loading unless I whitelist the site. The internet got a whole lot more fun to use when I started using that.

I doubt many of the ads you're talking about are using any sort of GPU acceleration, so chances are a fast video card won't help much (at least not past a certain point). I'd expect a fast CPU to help most, and enough RAM to keep many memory-hungry tabs from bogging down the system.
 
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