Can virtual memory fix 8GB RAM overflow in MSFS 2024?
Let's be real: 8GB of RAM is a joke for a sim this hungry. Every time I flew over a major city, the system started swapping like crazy. RAM usage was pinned at 98-100%, and frame times were jumping randomly from 15ms to 120ms—it was absolutely unplayable. I tried closing every single background app, but even with just a browser open, the memory was maxed out. I felt totally defeated. As a last resort, I manually set the virtual memory to 32 GB on a dedicated high-speed NVMe partition and set the game process priority to 'Realtime' in Task Manager. In the performance monitor, the page file is still working overtime, but at least the screen doesn't freeze for seconds at a time anymore. One annoying side effect was that my boot time slowed down by about 5 seconds, but disabling 'Fast Startup' in Windows brought it back. RAM is running 42-48℃ and the SSD is at 50-55℃. Exported the swap curves to verify it's not crashing anymore.
