Will going from 1GB RAM to 2 make a difference in XP?

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Hi,

It is getting harder and hardar to find RAM for my aging/aged system
and would like to upgrade before I can't find it any more. I need
PC3200 184-Pin DDR RAM for my ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard.

I finally found some Corsair Value Select and Crucial memory at
mwave.com (nothing at NewEgg, Corsair, ...). It is darn cheap at
$72.50 a GB. My system has 1GB (2x512) of Patriot RAM so I need to
replace them with 2 sticks of 1GB RAM.

Will I see improvement or will it slow my system down as I have read
it does to some systems with XP? I develop software, play some
intensive games like flight sims and FPS games, and do some graphic
stuff.

What do you think?

-paulw
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