>> (Especially given the sequential access - surely most of it would just 
>> be paged out?)
> 
> Not if you're using the preview window ;)

Ah yes, you're right - it might actually need 2x 114 MB = 228 MB. [Still 
peanuts compared to Farcry, I would expect.] And somewhat less 
sequential access.

No matter. My PC has an insane 3 GB of dual-channel RAM to play with... >:-D

> In fact, I think if preview is off, it only needs width*2 memory (plus 
> width*something used by libpng), not width*height. But I'm not too 
> sure... Warp would probably know, he has poked with the source more than 
> me :)

Maybe.

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