Question High virtual memory usage instead of RAM ?

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Sep 7, 2024
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so i just notice that the game that i play was using a 23gb of memory, but then i realize its using a lot of virtual memory instead of the ram (use ram just only 4,5 gb). i got 90fps on max setting but the game really stuttering even sometime its freezing.
but i also have another game that use only 4,5 gb of ram and 24gb of virtual memory, and the game is running totaly fine it get 80-90fps with no stuttering and freezing.
Is it because of the game is poorly optimized?

*all driver are up to date, i dint change the virtual memory setting it in "System Managed Size", dint have a lot running background apps

thx

Spec
CPU: ryzen 5 5600g
Motherboard: asrock b550m pro4 (lates bios update 3.40)
Ram: adata xpg spectrix ddr4 3200mhz
SSD/HDD: vgen hyper m.2 (for os) kingston ssd sata 1tb (for game)
GPU: rx 6600 challenger white
PSU: 1stplayer dk premium 600w 80plus brownze
OS: windows 11 pro 23h2 (lates update)
 
Solution
So - pagefile increased to 7GB.

Your workload requires more physical ram (21GB minimum).
You want all committed memory to fit into physical ram.
Upgrade to 32GB ram ( 24GB physical ram would be fine too).