"msim" <mxsimx20x20@yaxhoxo.cox> wrote in message
news:7Y6dnR4NJpNQlEbfRVn-iA@comcast.com...
> I have a PC with Asus P4R800-V Deluxe MoBo, Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU
> 2.53GHz, currently PC2700 512MB RAM, Dell 19" LCD 1905FP.


Sounds like software problem to me, your machine is 10 times
faster than mine with 1/4 the memoryand I would expect to
run the tasks you list comfortably on my machine.
What is "image management software".
It doesn't souond like you are actually running much at all.
I would run spyware removal and find out what you applictions
are doing

>
> Problem:
> My current PC is slow when I switch windows and slow to
launch
> programs. I must admit that I have a lot of background processes running,
> but I want to run those. I have image management software, running
alongside
> iTunes, alongside Firefox with several windows open and a few more
> applications.
>
> Solution I am trying:
> Now, I am wondering if I can speed up my machine some
by
> adding a 1GB PC3200 memory module (single bank or two banks?), may be
adding
> a SATA HDD if that might help.
>
> My questions:
> 1. Should I add PC2700 RAM or PC3200 1GM RAM bank? If
> you advice PC3200, should I use the existing PC2700 memory bank also or
> should I simply stop using the current RAM?
> 2. Should I add a SATA hard drive? If so, how much
speed
> benefit might that provide? I am thinking that a SATA drive might help cut
> the program load time.
> 3. Earlier messages here have indicated that upgrading
> my video card will not help reduce the window switching speed from one
> application to another... So I am not going that path.
>
> Here below is the config of my home machine. Thanks in advance for sharing
> your thoughts.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
> Motherboard Properties:
> Motherboard ID
> 04/07/2004-RS300-SB200-P4R800VC-00
> Motherboard Name Asus P4R800-V
Deluxe
>
> Front Side Bus Properties:
> Bus Type Intel NetBurst
> Bus Width 64-bit
> Real Clock 133 MHz (QDR)
> Effective Clock 533 MHz
> Bandwidth 4266 MB/s
>
> Memory Bus Properties:
> Bus Type DDR SDRAM
> Bus Width 64-bit
>
> Memory Module Properties:
> Serial Number None
> Module Size 512 MB (2 rows, 4
> banks)
> Module Type Unbuffered
> Memory Type DDR SDRAM
> Memory Speed PC2700 (166 MHz)
> Module Width 64 bit
> Module Voltage SSTL 2.5
> Error Detection Method None
> Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us),
> Self-Refresh
>
> Memory Timings:
> @ 166 MHz 2.5-3-3-7
> (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
> @ 133 MHz 2.0-3-3-6
> (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
>
> CPU Properties:
> CPU Type Intel Pentium 4
> CPU Alias Northwood, A80532
> CPU Stepping C1
> Engineering Sample No
> CPUID CPU Name Intel(R)
Pentium(R)
> 4 CPU 2.53GHz
> CPUID Revision 00000F27h
>
> CPU Speed:
> CPU Clock 2539.02 MHz
> (original: 2533 MHz)
> CPU Multiplier 19.0x
> CPU FSB 133.63 MHz
> (original: 133 MHz)
> Memory Bus 0.00 MHz
>
> CPU Cache:
> L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions
> L1 Data Cache 8 KB
> L2 Cache 512 KB (On-Die,
> ECC, ATC, Full-Speed)
>
> Motherboard Properties:
> Motherboard ID
> 04/07/2004-RS300-SB200-P4R800VC-00
> Motherboard Name Asus P4R800-V
Deluxe
> (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 WiFi, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
>
> Chipset Properties:
> Motherboard Chipset ATI Radeon 9100
IGP
> CAS Latency (CL) 2T
>
> SPD Memory Modules:
> DIMM1 512 MB PC2700 DDR
> SDRAM (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz) (2.0-3-3-6 @ 133 MHz)
> DIMM2: Micron Tech. 8VDDT1664AG-335B4 128 MB PC2700 DDR
> SDRAM (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz) (2.0-3-3-6 @ 133 MHz)
>
> BIOS Properties:
> System BIOS Date 04/07/04
> Video BIOS Date 04/02/11
> Award BIOS Type Phoenix - Award
BIOS
> v6.00PG
> Award BIOS Message ASUS P4R800-V
DELUXE
> ACPI BIOS Rev. 1008
> DMI BIOS Version ASUS P4R800-V
DELUXE
> ACPI BIOS Rev. 1008
>
> Graphics Processor Properties:
> Video Adapter ATI Radeon
9000/9100
> IGP Chipset -
> GPU Code Name RS300 (AGP 8x
1002
> / 5834, Rev 00)
> GPU Clock 301 MHz
(original:
> 300 MHz)
>
>