if you've got at least a 2048MB swap file, hon, not much more will fly with too much overhead, lol. If it's shadow maps that are killing you, adjsut the depth of the map downward, this is a pretty heavy load, and that would help a lot.

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)