Tuning Onda A520-VH-W memory for high-precision mods in Cities?
Man, it feels amazing. Once I got the memory latency down, the instant frame drops during city expansion just vanished. Initially, the default settings on the Onda A520-VH-W caused timings to fluctuate between 18-22ns, which led to massive instruction piles when the CPU handled complex building logic. I tried increasing the page file, but that actually dropped my FPS from 55 to 42—I was beyond frustrated. I went into the BIOS, locked the frequency at 3200MHz, and tweaked the DRAM voltage from 1.2V to 1.35V. AIDA64 showed the response time drop from 88ns to a tight 72-76ns, and the smoothness improved drastically. I tried 3600MHz at first, but the system blue-screened twice until I loosened tRCD to 16. Board temps are stable at 40-48℃, and the BIOS confirms fan speeds are holding at 1400-1600RPM. Still a bit glitchy with some mods, but much better.
