Adobe Photoshop CS3 & Paging Out (Screengrabs)

I have a 2x 2.66 Dual Core Intel Xeon mac with 5GB of RAM. Running latest OSX. Lately, have been noticing slowdowns and, when using the Terminal, have been seeing a lot of Pageouts.
For the screengrabs below, I had a fresh restart, and opened 5 layered Photoshop files in Photoshop each at about 100MB in size (dragged from Finder, not using Bridge -- Bridge was not open). As they opened, the Pageouts remained at zero. Right after they all finished opening, I saw the pageouts steadily climb to the number in the screengrab. I wasn't doing any other activity... and the number just kept climbing, and then stopped.
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=13SIrCYj6pckPmlFBsnxe6yOL2VRT0
Also is a screengrab of my Photoshop performance settings. Is this common behavior? Suggestions on some remedies to try? Thanks.
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1RkddaYyrEVnGaPMyuxF4JhBG3YgI1

Ann,
Thanks for the link. Lots of good information & housekeeping tricks to try there.
Buko,
My scratch disk is barely touched. I watch it and it barely takes a hit. It works fine and is proportional to my needs. I'll experiment with it. Are you referring to a FAQ in the forums? I'm willing to read it, although there's mixed messages out there re: RAM and scratch. I don't contest the need for a scratch, but RAM is key to efficiency...
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401089&sliceId=2
Installed RAM
The amount of memory Photoshop requires depends on how you use the program. If memory is insufficient, Photoshop uses hard-drive space (that is, a scratch disk) to process information. Photoshop is fastest when it can process all or most image information in memory, without having to use the scratch disk. Watch the Efficiency Indicator to determine if you are operating as efficiently as possible.
To check memory use in Photoshop, open the Efficiency Indicator: Choose Efficiency from the pop-up menu on the status bar of your image to display the percentage of time actually doing an operation instead of reading or writing the scratch disk. If the value is below 95-100%, Photoshop is using the scratch disk and, therefore, is operating more slowly. If the efficiency is around 60%, you'll see a large performance increase by changing your RAM allocation or adding RAM.

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