Should I overclock Crucial DDR5 4800 for A Plague Tale?
The moment I saw the rat swarms moving smoothly, I was hyped, but the micro-stutters before that were killing me. The stock 4800MHz on the Crucial DDR5 16GB only provides about 32-38GB/s of bandwidth, which caused the CPU to lag by 15-22ms when rendering those massive particle effects. I tried some 'memory acceleration' software first, but gaining 3 FPS while the 1% lows stayed in the gutter was just pathetic. I went into the BIOS, pushed the frequency to 5200MHz, and bumped the DRAM voltage from 1.1V to 1.25V. AIDA64 showed the bandwidth jump to 46-51GB/s, and the stuttering mostly vanished. I did crash a few times during scene loads at first because I forgot to sync the timings, but loosening the tCL by 2 units fixed the stability. Temps are sitting at 48-55℃, and the BIOS profile is now locked in. It's a huge relief to finally have a stable experience.
