Control 2 crashes during heavy combat on my GW3300 256GB due to low space; should I tweak virtual memory?

Trying to run modern AAA titles on a 256GB drive is like trying to catch a waterfall with a teacup—it's just ridiculous. After installing the game, my Great Wall GW3300 had only 30GB left. When the game called for heavy temporary caching, the virtual memory hit a wall on the disk, causing the app to crash straight to the desktop. I tried deleting every useless system temp file I could find, but only gained 2GB, which was a joke. I eventually moved the page file to a non-system partition and locked its size between 16GB-32GB to stop Windows from constantly resizing it. In Resource Monitor, disk active time dropped from a constant 100% saturation to a healthy 40-60% range. I did notice some brief stutters when launching older software after fixing the page file, but switching the memory management mode to 'High Performance' cleared that up. Drive temps are sitting between 38-45℃. After exporting and analyzing the crash logs via Windows Event Viewer, the fan speed has stabilized at 1400-1600RPM.