ram question

[vi0lentjuggal0]

i use ulead video studio and when it lags a little, i was woundering if i upgrade or get more ram if it would fix it. if so where can i find what i need for my computer.

[Rookie64]

i use ulead video studio and when it lags a little, i was woundering if i upgrade or get more ram if it would fix it. if so where can i find what i need for my computer.

Possibly...but check to see how many programs you have running that you may not even be aware of

Ctrl+Alt+Delete (once - be careful not to hit twice or that'll restart your computer)

End Task for anything that shouldn't be running - except for Explorer (that'll shut your computer down)


You should disable any Norton software running, as that is definitely slowing you down.

Don't play MP3s while using ulead video studio, and reboot your computer if you had been playing MP3s or video files prior to using ulead video studio.

If your hard drive is full or near full, that'll slow you down as well - try to delete as many files as you may not need to store on the computer.


Another thing that can slow you way down is having a lot of Fonts


Your processor in general plays a big part in the speed and perfomance though.

[vi0lentjuggal0]

i'll try that mp3 thing but i don't have anything running and i don't think i have the norton thing and if so how do i turn it off.

[d_unbeliever]

what's ur processor speed?
how much memory or RAM you have?

[vi0lentjuggal0]

i've got a pentium 4 cpu 2.40ghz and 256mb of ram

[soundforbjt]

i've got a pentium 4 cpu 2.40ghz and 256mb of ram

If you're running Windows XP, I'd go with 512mb at the minimum. XP is slow with 256mb. I'm running 1gb.

[vi0lentjuggal0]

any websites that i can find which specific ram i need. and when you say i need 512 do you mean 512 more on top of my 256?

[Treebeard]

If its a store bought computer go to the manufacturers website to see what type of ram it has, and you want a total of 512 ram for running xp well.