Well there is a 2G limit to any application under 32 bit windows ... but its dosn't seem wow is using that 2G limit, maybe on the assumpiton that computers dont have 2G, an assumption made when wow was first disigned but not a very valid one today.

Ya as KvdM says the issue is not so dry and "obvious" as some would make it seem.

You know you do not need textures of players that are not currently in the zone with you.

At any rate this is a dead horse, the Dev stated that the data is randomly read and that good enough for me. Buy stuffs with lower access times vs. items with higher bandwidth but also higher access times.