Windows 10/11 will sometimes pop a notification saying "Your system is low on memory" for 32-bit apps even when you have 32GB free. This is a false flag triggered by the 2GB boundary. The 4GB patch removes this annoyance entirely.
"You need a 64-bit CPU to use this." Reality: You are reading this article on a 64-bit CPU. Every PC built after 2007 supports it. If you can run Windows 10/11, you can use the patch.
Select the game's executable (usually NFSC.exe in the installation folder).