Will adding 8MB to a G200 make things quicker?

[Fast Ethernet]

I picked up a few G200's for some Linux/BSD systems I'm building and put one in my current PC to test it out.
I've noticed that with this card the responsivness of the UI has dropped quite a bit. I'm wondering if adding the extra 8MB would help things out any?

This is the SD version of the card, btw.

Just out of interest, the specs of the retro workstation will be:

• Dual PPro 180MHz
• PR440FX
• 1GB EDO
• 2x 9.1GB SCSI HDD's
• Millennium G200

It's mainly a project that I'm building for fun and to learn Linux/*BSD on

[Wombat]

Actually, adding the extra RAM will make the card <B>slower</B>. When you add the extra memory, the card downclocks itself.

You'd be better off turning off some eye candy. A lot of stuff is being thrown to the CPU, and dual 180's won't cut it.

[Fast Ethernet]

Sorry, I should have written that a bit better. The card isn't actually in the PPro machine at the moment (it's caseless until after Christmas), it's in my Windows machine.


Either way, if it's going to make it slower I won't bother.

Thanks!

Edit: Actually, I think I'm reading your post wrong. I always turn off most of the XP 'prettiness' anyway. All that's on is ClearType.