Video Card

When you say "high-spedd modem", do you mean cable/DSL, or do you mean 56K?

A webpage opening slow can have many causes.
Have you experienced any other video problems relating to colors, resolution, flickering, etc.? If you haven't, then it probably isn't a video card problem.

As to whether it is outdated:

Is it old? Yes. Is it still useful? That depends on whether it does what you need it to do with the programs that you use.

Unless you play high end games, or do involved graphics work, you do not need a high end video card.

While the S3 Virge series is dated, it is still functional.

If all you use your PC for is web surfing, and general office work, a video card with 8MB - 16MB of ram is more than adaquet.

I suspect, that the real problem is that, with the rest of your system being around 5 years old also, the registry has finally reached the stage where it is bloated enough to slow your entire system down.

That, or several spyware and background applications are gobbleing up resources.

Start by running AdAware from Lavasoftusa.com
Then, use a good registry cleaner.
I use both Norton WinDoctor and On-Track Fix-It

If these do not boost your system performance, the next step is to format the hard drive, and re-install Windows.
Backup ALL important files and settings first.

Or, you could help the IT economy, and buy a whole new PC.

Chas

You should try one of the latest Nvidia Geforce 4 based card,you can get a leadtek brand card o you could also buy an alternative that is the ati thats it sometimes chepear than the nvidia

I've learned in the past to always test it on another computer. Test the video card on another computer. If nothing happens. It's not the card. Also test your monitor on another computer. Make sure the cables are connected right.