Besides using 6x more memory (close to 500MB for my target game) and taking 3x to load, latency is noticeably worse to the point of it becoming a major annoyanc

Besides using 6x more memory (close to 500MB for my target game) and taking 3x to load, latency is noticeably worse to the point of it becoming a major annoyance during play. Typing feels sluggish and there's obvious delay after hitting ENTER and waiting for input to be processed and results to be displayed. Spatterlight feels instant. Are these annoyances academic? Not for me.