yes, RAM does XP systems a lot of good, 64 MBs is the bare minimum, 128 is recommended, I have 256 MBs and its pretty good, but I have a small 14" monitor so I only have the lowest res 640x480 available, so I don't need much (integrated Intel chipset; cheap emachines). so, 512 MBs is good for running less demanding 3D stuff at higher resolutions. to see if you could benefit from more RAM, simply run Wiz 8, and while in the actual 3D world, in maximized view mode, where you don't see the character portraits or the stuff on the bottum, and press Alt+tab or the Windows key, Alt-Enter or Ctrl-Escape (I forget exactly which one, but the others don't do anything anyway) to get back to windows desktop. Start -> Run -> DXdiag look under the RAM and Pagefile usage. RAM is how much RAM you have, and Pagefile is how much data your RAM couldn't hold (overflow, stored on your hard drive, and swapped in and out as needed). if it's like 128 MBs or so, definately add more. anything less than 50 MBs is fine, and you'd hardly see much of a difference, unless you like to multitask, with Winamp and a download manager running simutaneously, pherhaps. to get back, just click the taskbar button. Wiz 8 should continue as if nothing went on, if not, press escape to get the menu, wait a few seconds, and go back to the game
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