Party lagging my comp, buy more ram?

[Nepa]

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My computer is running anywhere from 60-100% when I am just 6 tabling Party and running one other site.

I bought my computer last April and it is a 3.00 GHZ Pentium 4, 2.99 GHz, 2.00 GB RAM. I also have 3 video cards in the machine, will I still be able to stuff more RAM in there?

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Are you running HUD?

[junglewarfare]

does going from 2 to 4 gigs make much of a difference, assuming the computer is going to be 8 tabling + PAHUD + PT + AIM + Itunes/movie? or is 2 enough for all that.

[bambi]

I have had the same problem, i emailed party and they told me i am full of [censored] and it must be my system, i am still looking for an answer, but today i did try and fiddle with the paging file settings, which seemed to help but it was only a day so i need to play a bit longer to se if it has really made a difference

[ColdCaller]

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does going from 2 to 4 gigs make much of a difference, assuming the computer is going to be 8 tabling + PAHUD + PT + AIM + Itunes/movie? or is 2 enough for all that.

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Windows XP non-64 bit cannot address 4 GB of RAM correctly.

[slim speedy]

I have the same problem with party since the "upgrade". The problem seems to get worse the longer I have the client open, so I think its a memory leak, but I havent really looked into it yet.

[junglewarfare]

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does going from 2 to 4 gigs make much of a difference, assuming the computer is going to be 8 tabling + PAHUD + PT + AIM + Itunes/movie? or is 2 enough for all that.

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Windows XP non-64 bit cannot address 4 GB of RAM correctly.

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I am thinking of buying a new comp and 4gb was an option on some of the configurations. that was at alienware.com. a bit of a tangent, but if i am looking to buy a new pc, what are the best sites to configure and buy a prebuilt? I have heard some negative things about dell, but maybe that is just stupid anecdotal stuff. I am looking to spend 2000 or so. I don't really want to build my own, not worth the time and hassle for me.

[ColdCaller]

Dell is okay, but if customer service isn't important to you, I'd go with any of the third-party builders that use actual parts, and not commissioned ones from Dell.

[junglewarfare]

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Dell is okay, but if customer service isn't important to you, I'd go with any of the third-party builders that use actual parts, and not commissioned ones from Dell.

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I am kind of clueless, which companies use actual parts, where should I start looking? A friend suggested alienware, that is why I started with them. Thanks.

[Terry]

Monarch Computer

The phrase you're looking for for "actual computer parts" is "industry standard upgradeable."

Monarch is the place.

[ColdCaller]

Yeah, "industry standard upgradeable," aka, not proprietary hardware like Dell uses on their PSUs and motherboards.

EDIT: But yes, Monarch is good.