I have an old computer and it has 4GB of RAM and I want to test minecraft for research purposes and it freezes. I have a mod to speed up the game but i'm not sure if its using more ram or not, the game goes from smooth FPS to freezing the computer probably due to full ram. (I've tried to see the ram usage fill up but It never seems to happen when I'm looking.)
My idea is not to spend £100+ on more ram but to use the swap file more as a ram stick. Like data goes to the swap to stay there until used, then it gets brought to the ram to be processed. Instead of just going to ram and filling it up causing a slow down.
Thanks.