Maya Memory Performance

Maya
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hi all, i got some problem with my Maya 7 performance, the things is when i use volume noise to blinn surface node and i assign to single plane poly object, my maya software kinda stuck..
i'm using computer with performance:
pocessor 2X 2.66 Ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Memory 4GB 667 Mhz DDR2 FB-DIMM
Ghaphic Card NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT ( i know this Graphic card kinda gamers graphic card, i'm thinking of find better one for works)

my question, is it any setting for Maya software performance to use more of my computer memory since after i run Maya software there is 2GHz free, because of my experience in Lightwave 3D there is particular setting to increase the memory usage of software performances..

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Well yes wehn mayta maes the noise it must bake it out and that takes time. Shoudnt be a issue if you dont animate it tough. (or just disable the texture freedback). Theres really nothing sort of writing cg shaders that can fox this. And wont really help either untill the next generation of gx cards comes to full speed.