Diablo 2 LOD: Need help

[iceblue]

since the minimum requirements for multiplayer are only 64MB, 128 recommended, and 256MB RAM in games with over 4 players, me playing it with 384MB is smooth as k-y

(i cant imagine d2 LOD taking up that much resources being a 2d game)

[$1500-P4 gamer]

I cant either-but yet mine and my bros. both cleared right up after running 512mb. Only blizzard really knows. Id suspect its a mem leak on some systems. As I can log my mem useage in XP and watch it go to NILL-then flush, thats where I get the stutter on 256mb during mem flush after its full. No other game I have runs my mem dry like that! Now mem leaks are a programers worst nightmare. Too many if's then return to's and such lines you get this mess. Im sure its a mem leak on certain systems or why the mem go totally full then flush and cause stutter? I cant find any other reason. Its just not releasing the mem after being used untill it hits point where sytem has to flush or loose data it needs in ram. But no-it shouldnt and yes its strange.