Is my Zotac RTX 5060 Ti lagging during Nioh 2 combat?
During intense combat, every time I trigger a flashy jutsu effect, the frame rate tanks from 120 FPS to 45 FPS without warning. I noticed the core clock on my Zotac RTX 5060 Ti 8GB XGAMING OC was jumping wildly between 2.5GHz and 2.7GHz, causing frame times to fluctuate erratically from 8.3ms to 22.1ms. I first tried enabling 'Prefer Maximum Performance' in the Nvidia Control Panel, but while it helped slightly, my core temps spiked to 82℃ and the fans sounded like a literal drill—it was a nightmare. I eventually switched to MSI Afterburner, manually locked the core voltage at 1.05V, and forced a flat frequency curve at 2400MHz. Checking GPU-Z, the clock fluctuation shrank from 300MHz to just 50MHz, and the visual stuttering vanished. I actually tried locking it at 2600MHz first, but the system black-screened the moment a fight started; I had to drop it by 200MHz to get it stable. Now, temps sit comfortably between 66℃ and 72℃ with fans spinning around 1600 RPM. After exporting the profile, my frame times are rock steady at 5.1-6.4ms.
