How to handle memory saturation in Dota 2 with 8GB RAM?
Seeing my FPS jump back to 120 during a fight was an absolute rush! Before this, my ADATA ValueRAM 8GB was hitting 7.8GB usage during heavy spell effects, forcing the system to use the agonizingly slow disk swap file. My FPS was basically a roller coaster between 30 and 60. I tried dropping all the graphics settings to 'Low', but the game looked like a pixelated mess and the stutters stayed—it was a total waste of time. I eventually went into Advanced System Settings and locked the virtual memory at 16384MB, then used a process tool to set Dota 2's memory priority to 'High'