Safari Prefetcher cripples Safari when selecting Top Sites

I've been having problems with the Safari Prefetcher process that seems to be behind Topsites.
It can be extremely slow and cause Safari to become unresponsive.
Is there a cache for topsites that can be deleted or reset?
I thought this was to do with running Safari in Snow Leopard 64bit mode but 32 bit has the same issue.
Any help appreciated.
Message was edited by: Peter Knapp

Go to Safari's menu--->Safari--->Reset Safari--->Check the Reset Top Site box and hit reset. There might be other things in the reset box you might want to clear or rest too.

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Does your iMac have an Intel GMA 950 chipset? If not, then your comparison is not valid. If it does have the same chipset as my Mac Mini, then you may have eliminated a possibile cause. (same os + same chipset=reasonable assumption)
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