Does Avowed need virtual memory tweaks for RX 7650 GRE?
Whenever I step into dense foliage, distant mountains load in like chunky pixels, which is honestly anxiety-inducing. The 8GB of VRAM on the Sapphire RX 7650 GRE is barely enough for 2K, with usage hovering at a critical 95 - 98%, forcing the system to swap to slow system RAM. I tried the 'Smart Access Memory' tweaks in the driver, but it did absolutely nothing for loading speeds and even caused a few random crashes, which was a total waste of time. I finally went into the advanced settings, dropped texture quality from Ultra to High, and manually set a fixed virtual memory page file of 32GB. Resource Monitor showed VRAM peaks dropping to 7.2GB, and those instant hitches vanished. I did notice some aliasing on shadows after the drop, but enabling FSR Sharpening brought the balance back. GPU temps settled at 65 - 72℃ with fans at 1400 - 1600 RPM. Performance analyzer shows way fewer VRAM swaps, and the input feels much more responsive.
