kagerou313

Two computers here, one works fine- the other one is slow.

So here's the problem. If I run a game on my pc, (for instance Wolfenstein ET), it loads the program and gives me the finger. The mouse barely moves and the who computer becomes virtually unresponsive.

This computer has a P4 3.0Ghz with 1GB of ram and a 256 MB ATI Radeon GPU (S9250). I would think that this computer would run relatively fast.

I can run the exact same game on my laptop. My laptop runs with a 1.6Ghz Athlon (or something on that line) and around 3/4GB or ram. The video card doesn't have any more than 64 MB on it.

I've run CCleaner, and I've swept the computer for adware, malware, and viruses etc. I run speedfan to check the temps and its hot just a bit too often, but even at these hot temps, my laptop runs these kinds of games just fine.

Is my ram (even at 1GB) just too slow. If I buy more ram, am I limited to DDR ram (can you put DDR2 ram in a P4 system?)

Any other diagnostics I can run to route out the problem?
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Oh, and I'm running XP on both computers.
And just to clarify, the PC (the P4 with 1GB of ram) is running slower than molasses.