Does Grouping Items Add to Processing Time?

I have been working on some complex scenes with many characters and items. To help keep things in order, I have been grouping similar things together. But then when I alter things in fine-tuning, it SEEMS like the processing takes far longer whent the items are in a group. My computer is also lagging because the memory is nearly used up. Does anyone know if groupings add to the problem?
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Rob suggests that you could try using the current Public build.
Thank you for the suggestion, but that is what I am using ... at least on my main computer (not the laptop).