How to fix memory bandwidth bottlenecks on ASUS TUF B760M?
Exploring this massive fantasy world is amazing until the smoothness vanishes the moment the memory bandwidth maxes out. It's enough to make you want to buy new hardware on the spot. The memory controller on my ASUS TUF GAMING B760M-PLUS D4 was fluctuating between 20-26 GB/s during heavy texture streaming, leading to random loading hitches of 150-220ms. I first tried disabling all Windows indexing services, but the lag persisted, making that attempt completely pointless. I then jumped into the BIOS, locked the RAM frequency at 3200MHz, and bumped the voltage to 1.35V to keep it stable. AIDA64 showed read speeds jumping from 22.4 GB/s to 25.1 GB/s. I actually got a couple of Blue Screens right after the lock, but loosening the timings from 16-16-16 to 18-18-18 fixed it. RAM temps stayed around 46-52℃. I switched the performance mode in the driver panel to wrap it up.
