Is memory compression the key for Crysis Remastered on 8GB RAM?
Seeing the tropical jungle rendered in 4K is an absolute rush, but my 8GB of G.Skill Trident Z was screaming for mercy. Memory usage hit 98% instantly, forcing the system to lean heavily on the page file, which caused my FPS to bounce wildly between 60 and 20. I tried lowering the texture quality, but the game looked like a potato, so I knew I had to fix this at the system level. I went into the registry to force-enable Windows memory compression and locked my virtual memory to a 16GB slice on my fastest NVMe drive. RivaTuner showed the frame times finally settling into a 18-24ms range, which made the stuttering much more bearable. I did notice a 5% bump in CPU usage after enabling compression, but I clawed that back by killing every single useless background app. Memory temps stayed around 40-45℃. The scheduling logic is finally working in my favor, and the game feels playable again, though 8GB is definitely pushing it.
