Clearing RAM after rendering

I find that, after I've exported a complex project from Motion, my entire system is extremely sluggish. I can tell that this is because Motion has used up every bit of RAM it has and is needing to seek everything it needs for other programs from the hard drive once again.
Is there an easy way to "clear" all the Motion stuff from the RAM? The only way I know of to get things running smoothly again is to just reboot the computer.
I've looked at pricing for upgrading my memory, and that just isn't in my budget at this point.

Well, I had just got around to a similar project. I exported another complex clip then cleared the RAM. It doesn't seem that there was any improvement to the sluggish system. I'll need to reboot.

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