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balmy blaze Jan 12, 2026, 6:43 AM

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If im on 16GB of ram what should I use for Zram for best performance since 32+ GB is not gonna be happening anytime soon with the AI bubble

marsh garden Jan 12, 2026, 8:08 AM

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Zram won't give you "better performance" in games if that's what you mean

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But if you mean in terms of compression/decompression speed use LZ4 (or ZSTD if you have a more modern machine, you can try both)

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Ideally you can set it to 0.5x (8GB) or 1x (16GB) of your RAM,

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You can set it to bigger amounts, but be reminded more zRAM won't give you more RAM

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it'll just compress the heck out of your RAM

winged quiver Jan 17, 2026, 8:59 PM

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zram is just higher cpu usage for less memory usage

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doesn't make much sense to use it unless you're on a low-memory machine (imo)

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