Tuning Kingston 16GB DDR4 memory for Forza Horizon 5
The sense of speed is finally back! After successfully pushing my RAM from 2666MHz to 3000MHz, the texture loading in Forza Horizon 5 got a massive boost, and that annoying distant blur is completely gone. I initially tried lowering the texture quality to ease the load, but while I gained 5 FPS, the game looked like mud. I realized I had to fix this at the hardware level. I jumped into the BIOS, bumped the memory voltage from 1.2V to 1.35V, and set the primary timings to 16-18-18-36. AIDA64 bandwidth tests showed read speeds jumping from 32GB/s to 38GB/s - 42GB/s, making the world load seamlessly. I did hit three consecutive Blue Screens of Death (BSOD) when trying for 3200MHz, but loosening tRAS to 40 stabilized everything. RAM temps are sitting comfortably at 42°C - 48°C. The visual jump after the frequency switch is night and day, though the OC headroom is pretty limited.
