Should I change fan modes for the NH-D15S in TLOU2?
Man, once I got those core temps locked under 70°C, the loading smoothness jumped by 20%—it's an absolute game-changer. Initially, the Silent mode on my NH-D15S was a disaster; the CPU would heat soak during heavy physics calculations, with temps swinging between 82°C - 94°C and FPS dropping from 75 to 48. I tried the High Performance power plan in Windows, but that just raised the base clock without fixing the heat spikes, which was incredibly frustrating. I finally went into the BIOS, swapped the fan profile from Silent to Performance, and set 80°C as the 100% speed threshold. HWiNFO showed temps immediately dropping to 64°C - 70°C with the clock pinned at 4.6GHz. I noticed some annoying RPM jumping at first, but setting a 5°C hysteresis interval smoothed everything out. Now the fans run at 1200-1500 RPM and the CPU stays at a rock-solid 4.8GHz.
