Should I adjust virtual memory for Kingston DDR4 in Cities II?
Once my city population hit 100k, RAM usage spiked to 15.8GB and the game just vanished to the desktop without a word—totally anxiety-inducing. The default 19-19-19 timings on the Kingston DDR4 2666 caused massive latency of 95-110ns when indexing MODs, which basically forced the system to kill the process. I tried closing every single browser tab, but that only freed up 1.2GB, which was a complete waste of time. I ended up manually locking the Windows page file between 32GB and 64GB and pushed the RAM frequency to 2933MHz in the BIOS. MemTest86 showed zero errors, and I finally managed to run the city for 5 hours straight without a crash. I did notice some weird stutters when launching older software after the overclock, but bumping the voltage from 1.2V to 1.35V fixed it. RAM temps are sitting at 42-48℃. Resource Monitor shows the paging file is no longer swinging wildly, and the UI response feels way more snappy.
