RTX 5070 Ti Snow Step performance mode for Phantom Blade Zero
Seeing my frame rate climb from 75 to a steady 110 FPS was an absolute rush. Before this, my Gainward RTX 5070 Ti Snow Step in Balanced mode had the core clock jumping between 2100-2400MHz in GPU-Z, which caused these tiny, annoying hitches during fast slash attacks. I first tried 'Prefer Maximum Performance' in the Nvidia panel, but the card immediately shot up to 82-88°C, and I wasn't sure if that was a healthy trade-off. I then used the GamePP Power Plan Switcher to lock the system into Extreme Performance mode and optimized the GPU's IRQ priority. On the GamePP Hardware Sensor Page, the core clock locked at 2550MHz, and frame times dropped from 16-28ms to a tight 11-14ms.
