Why is my Gloway DDR5 6000MHz hitching in Metal Gear Solid?
While sneaking through the jungle, the game would just freeze for a split second every few seconds, which is an absolute nightmare when you're trying to be precise. I dug into the logs and found that the memory controller on the Gloway Dragon Warrior Yi DDR5 6000MHz was dipping from 1.35V to 1.32V during heavy environmental occlusion loads, causing latency to spike wildly between 82-95ns. I initially tried switching to the High Performance power plan in Windows, but while the CPU clocks stayed pinned, the memory latency was still all over the place, which left me pretty confused. I eventually headed into the BIOS, swapped the memory voltage from Auto to a manual 1.38V, and loosened the tRCD timings from 36 to 38 to stabilize the signal. Checking the RTSS frametime graph, the spikes dropped from 12-28ms down to a rock steady 11-14ms. It wasn't a smooth ride though; when I first pushed the voltage to 1.4V, the system failed to POST twice, and I had to back it down to 1.38V to get it stable. Temps are sitting around 48-54℃ with fans humming at 1200 RPM. Saved the profile via the motherboard utility and it's been solid since.
