IPhoto Library very slow to open

Hi all, I am having a very difficult time with iPhoto5 and the size and therefore performance of my library. I have years worth of photo's (>10,000) and iPhoto takes forever to open and do simple tasks.
Please help me with a two part question.
1) Is there a setting or anything in iPhoto that limits how many of my photo's it will load on starting? Typically, I just want to look at the photos from the last 1-2 months. If there isn't any setting or advise on how to make it open faster and function quicker, then please read part 2.
2) Does the new iPhoto 6 have improved library handling? I have tried third party library managers, but they have caused as many problems as they have solved.
I certainly cannot be the only photo enthusiast who has a lot of photos to manage. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Mark
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iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Sorry I can't be more specific, but MacWorld had a recent article in the past 2-3 months on this very topic - speeding up various pieces of software, iPhoto included.
The only iPhoto tip I recall off the top of my head was to reduce the library's view size down to its minimum, default size. That is, the lower right hand scroll bar for picture size - slide it all the way to the left.
There may be other default settings in addition to that, but that one alone should help if you've been closing iPhoto with pictures viewed in any custom-sized setting.

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