What about making gimp do a benchmaking on the machine and then let it automatically decide what method 2 use for that swapping/ tiling stuff.. < Hey, now dont beat me. I confess i actually know none of the stuff> -- Laxminarayan Kamath Ammembal MithraKoota, Bhoja Rao Lane, Mangalore 575003 (+91) 9845 061385 kamathln@xxxxxxxxx kamathln@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx kamathln@xxxxxxxxx www.geocities.com/kamathln