Yes that does seem to be a good deal better for you!
One last major thing that I strongly suggest you do, if you haven't already, is make a optimization request here:
https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/foru...-Configuration
While I kindof know my way around apache, the guy who answers threads there is a guru at what he does! It should definitely hellp you with memory settings and all of the other necessary hardware/mysql settings stuff.
Also, check and see if there are login issues after applying the htaccess. In my
guide I noticed there were for me and I posted my fix on post 3 of the guide.