Solving I-O Stutters by Optimizing Background Thread Allocation
This glitch is a classic symptom of I-O request queue saturation during asset streaming. Following Report FX-2026-ST01 on Win11 24H2 with driver v561.10, HWinfo logs showed pagefile spikes hitting 18GB - 22GB, triggering massive IO wait times. Stop relying on system-managed sizes; dive into Advanced System Properties, navigate to the Performance settings, and manually lock the Page File size to a rigid 16384MB - 32768MB range. This prevents the 'allocation stutter' entirely. After this, HWinfo confirms queue depths stay snappy between 2 - 4, with no more erratic spikes. While it eats a chunk of your NVMe capacity, the experience is now rock steady. It’s a trade-off, but the absolute removal of those micro-stutters makes it worth every GB.
