Comment on Games on my PC start stuttering pretty badly when they aren't the active window for a while. Have to close the game and restart to resolve the stuttering issue. What exactly is causing this?

• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  that also gets used when no swap file was set up.

  The swap file or pagefile is automatically set up in Windows 10/11. You have to do something manually to prevent it.

  I agree that adding more RAM won’t necessarily make the problem go away as windows might still swap the game out if it deems it more important to cache more files in RAM, but I don’t see why that would make it worse.

  By making the swap file larger, which may be an issue if the hard drive doesn’t have enough space left, and if not it will still increase the amount of time needed to recover data from the swap, because it’s larger.

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  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The swap file or pagefile is automatically set up in Windows 10/11. You have to do something manually to prevent it.

    yes. but it still is different from virtual memory. that’s a broader thing.

    By making the swap file larger, which may be an issue if the hard drive doesn’t have enough space left, and if not it will still increase the amount of time needed to recover data from the swap, because it’s larger.

    then open the control panel and fix the swap setup. and then enjoy your more ram. the solution to this problem does not seem to be not upgrading to have more ram.

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    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      but it still is different from virtual memory. that’s a broader thing.

      Of course, that’s why I said…

      the function is called Virtual Memory in Windows

      because that’s how it’s labeled in the Windows Settings menu.

      then open the control panel and fix the swap setup. and then enjoy your more ram. the solution to this problem does not seem to be not upgrading to have more ram.

      Adding more RAM is not a solution to OP’s described problem in any way. In the context of moving data from active memory to the pagefile, Windows doesn’t care how much RAM you have, only how long the data in active memory has been idle (which is not configurable). Adding more RAM to the system will do nothing to change that behavior.

      However, adding more RAM might make retrieving data from the pagefile slower. Yes you could adjust the pagefile settings to address this, as you said, but it still doesn’t do anything to address OP’s problem.

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      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Of course, that’s why I said…

        the function is called Virtual Memory in Windows

        then I misunderstood you. I thought you meant swap = virtual memory

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