Why does Frostpunk 2 stutter with only 8GB of RAM?
Trying to survive the freeze in this game is hard enough without the micro-stutters that become glaringly obvious at 2K resolution. 8GB of Kingston FURY is simply not enough for a modern city-builder, forcing the system to constantly swap data between physical RAM and the page file, creating response peaks of 20-40ms. I tried turning off all environmental details, which helped the FPS but the loading hitches were still there—totally unacceptable. I went into Advanced System Settings and manually locked the virtual memory to a range of 16-24GB on my fastest SSD partition and updated the memory controller drivers. Latency during swaps dropped from 35ms to a manageable 12-18ms, and the gameplay became buttery smooth. I noticed a huge increase in SSD writes initially, so I had to disable unnecessary background indexing services to stop the drive from choking. RAM temps are 42-48℃. It's a band-aid fix, but it works.
