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Originally Posted by NevadaSTi
Yes, I agree. But the only thing I am going to do right now is order another gig of RAM. I mean, $20!!! Plus, it WILL help out my PC to where I am not getting frustrated with it over the next 10 months.
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RAM will only help if you are actually running out. You also want to make sure you buy it in pairs and that you have slots available for it. 1Gb on XP is pretty damn good though.
Getting rid of crap on your system and defragmenting your HD may add far more performance than RAM.
Just defragmenting your swap file alone can make the machine feel new again in some cases. And yes, the swap file gets used even if you have enough RAM.
If you have a second 7200RPM SATA HD of any size lying around, putting the swap file on that will also improve performance.