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If anyone hasn't seen them, software engineer CryoByte33 delves into such performance issues and provides some utilities to help mitigate them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9EjXYZUqUs
I've seen ppl talk about that software before but I also saw ppl saying that causes more problems than it's worth. I've been skeptical to try it out.
No harm in trying it out, none of the changes are permanent. I think it's good, even just the swap increase is good as it alleviates memory pressure.