Windows XP supports 2 GB per process. Having more than 2 GB physical RAM means the application (in this case, Vue) can claim a full 2 GB of physical memory, while parts of the OS, parts of other processes can remain in memory. Most important is the system cache - that speeds up your drive access. With more than 2 GB of physical memory the system cache remains pretty large, keeping the system up to speed. So upgrading can help, especially for those large size renders that claim a lot of physical RAM. Windows 64 bit is about to be released. That version supports 4 GB per process, even in the Win32 subsystem. I'm not sure whether Vue will profit from those 4 GB though.

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