How to optimize Crucial DDR4 2400MHz 8GB for the new Tomb Raider?
Seeing Lara sprint through the jungle without a single hitch was the moment I knew the tuning worked. Initially, my Crucial DDR4 2400MHz 8GB was running in single-channel mode, which capped my effective bandwidth at 17-21GB/s. During heavy vegetation physics simulations, the FPS would bounce wildly between 40-60. I tried forcing 'High Performance' in the BIOS, but while the CPU clocked higher, memory latency stayed stuck at 95ns—it was a band-aid fix that didn't touch the actual problem. I rearranged the sticks to activate dual-channel mode and tightened the timings from 17-17-17-39 to 15-15-15-35. AIDA64 showed read speeds jump from 21GB/s to 32-36GB/s, and the drops basically vanished. I did have a crash about 10 minutes into the game during my first timing attempt, but bumping the voltage from 1.2V to 1.3V stabilized everything. Memory temps stayed in the 40℃ - 46℃ range, and the system info panel finally confirmed dual-channel is active.
