Ok, got the cp working pretty good now. I have one more question, is there such thing as too much ram? One of the ram sticks I got in the mail is bad, go figure. I am sending it back to get a new one. I am also thinking about buying another 2 gig stick, because I am used to running 4. Now, when I get that other 2 gig stick back, that will put me at 6 gigs. Will my cp work faster or will it basically stay the same? I would like to know before I go out buying more. Thanks.
No you could never have to much ram (if, see "if" below), BUT all ram should be the same manufacture (well yes and no, but it is best), same size, speed, timing and so on to get the best performance.
If... (from above) you are using 32bit OS, the ram wont be seen over 3gb... So say you are using XP 64bit then you are GTG with as much ram the computer will take, but if using XP 32bit then only 3gb will be seen... So you just spent extra money on ram that will never be used by the 32bit OS. In short, 64bit OS, then RAM her up she will use all of it.
Run faster? Yes and no. It will load programs faster, it will write faster, it will read faster, but it wont "compute" faster. Your CPU is the "speed" of the computer, the more RAM you have the more the
Hard Drive can spill out for the next task because the RAM can store the extra info waiting to be used.
Lets use BF1942 gaming for example (I know bad example, just for fun)... There are 2 players/computers. You have more RAM then the other person, but you both have the same CPU, you having more RAM will get you in the game faster, faster loading of the Map, so you will be sitting there waiting for other player, but once the other player loads the map, you two having the same CPU makes it a even playing field. I hope that makes sense