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Ok first off this is my first post to here so I hope it isn't a bad on.

A question about memory for my Asus P4SD-LA mother board. In the specs for the board it reads that the highest speed or memory type is PC3200 (400). I was wondering if PC3500 still being 184 pin would work or if the board itself would cap out at a certain speed. I only have 1gb now of Standard Kingston PC2700. I started playing a new game online (Vanguard) and it seems to have a little problem processing everyonce in while. I also know that the memory is running pretty high when the game is in use. The best thing I could come up with was getting some Kingston Hyper X (only because i've never had a problem with the brand). I know I should see a difference going from PC2700 to Pc3200 and that I am going to get an extra gig. Im not going to upgrade my mother board right now because of the video card purchaced earlier this year for AGP slot (ATI 1600Pro 512 DDR2) and I don't want to shell out more money for that as well right now. I have a Thermaltake setup which keeps my CPU temp lower then 111 degrees f at all time. So memory is my only downfall right now on the system as far as playing the game. I was looking for any insite in reguards to the PC3500 and PC3200. I would like to go with the higher if possible but if not I will live. Also I know there is other Ram by other manufactures out there. Is there anything wrong with the Hyper X or anything that would work better that would be noticable.

One last thing in reguards to the Video card listed above on the machine. The card works very well now and on the last game I played (SWG) I was able to max every video option out with no lag and it looked great and performed just as well. In BIOS for some reason the port for video is set for PCI instead of AGP. By switching this over to AGP will it increase anything about the boards function.

Thanks for any information that any of you could provide on this matter