Should I use High Performance mode on Onda B760ITX-B4 for Nightingale?
Absolute game changer! Switching my power plan from Balanced to High Performance completely killed the micro-stutters during building construction. This Onda ITX board has a sluggish frequency ramp-up during low-load tasks, meaning when the load suddenly spikes, the clock speed can't keep up, leaving my 1% lows swinging wildly between 28-42 FPS. I tried increasing the in-game render scale to force a higher load, which stabilized the FPS but doubled my power draw—a fun but totally inefficient experiment. I eventually went into the BIOS, disabled C-States, and enabled the XMP high-frequency profile. In comparison tests, frame times dropped from 18-38ms to a consistent 13-17ms, and the input lag vanished. My idle temps jumped by about 8℃ initially, but I fixed that by increasing the case intake airflow. CPU temps are now steady at 60-68℃. Hardware monitors confirm the response time is way faster now.
