How to fix voltage drops on i5 13490F in Dying Light 2?

While sprinting through the city ruins, I noticed my CPU power draw was swinging wildly between 65W and 120W, causing the motherboard's 12V rail to dip by 110-140mV. This sent my frame rate plummeting from 85 FPS down to a choppy 38 FPS. I initially tried enabling 'Ultimate Performance' mode in Windows, but that software-level tweak did absolutely nothing for the hardware-level voltage instability; it just bloated my idle power draw, which was incredibly frustrating. I eventually dove into the BIOS, navigated to Advanced Power Management, and switched the Load-Line Calibration (LLC) from 'Auto' to 'Level 2', while simultaneously setting the Core Voltage Offset to -0.030V. Monitoring via HWiNFO showed the voltage ripple narrowing from 130-160mV down to a rock-steady 40-65mV, and the frame times finally smoothed out. I actually hit two boot failures during the first few LLC tweaks, and it only stabilized after I bumped the memory voltage by 0.01V. The VRM temperatures stayed around 55-62℃, and the heatsinks felt warm to the touch. After a three-hour stress test, the voltage output returned to the baseline, with VRM temps holding steady at 55-62℃.
Category:Software Usage Last updated:February 8, 2026 1:05 PM