Something you need to check before upping your ram, is to see how much ram your mother board supports. Just because you can buy a 1 gb ram module and it fits in the slot, doesn't mean the motherboard can support it. Judging that your board supports a 1.4gh processor, I would guess it will support at least 512 mb of ram. ( but I'm just guessing ) You really need to check your documentation, or look the board up at the makers web site. Also the processor does come into play when you fill up the ram with a large scene and the computer has to start swapping to disk. But with a 1.4 it really shouldn't be that bad. I remember having a scene file so big I had to click and hold the button for over a minute to move an object. I had a 500 mhz processor with 96 mb ram, that's when I decided to get a new machine ( almost 3 years ago ) Now I need to upgrade to a new board that supports a faster processor and more ram. This PIII 1ghz and 512 ram run Bryce ok, but it's just not cutting it for some of my other software.

Stephen Ray