Why is my Intel Core i5-14600KF stuttering in Black Desert cities?
The difference is night and day—adjusting the voltage offset boosted my minimums by 15 FPS! Before this, my i5-14600KF was jumping all over the place between 3.5 - 5.3 GHz in high-load Remastered scenes, which absolutely murdered my 1% lows. I tried enabling Game Mode in Windows, but the drops kept happening; a simple toggle wasn't going to cut it for the level of smoothness I wanted. I went into the BIOS, set the Load-Line Calibration (LLC) to Level 3, and applied a +0.02V core voltage offset. RTSS showed my minimums climbing from 45 FPS to 68 FPS, and the frequency curve finally flattened out. I did have a couple of random reboots right after the first tweak, but dialing the VCCSA voltage to 1.25V stabilized everything. CPU temps are sitting between 68 - 75 ℃ with fans hitting 1800 - 2200 RPM. It's finally a consistent experience.
