How to stop voltage dips on Colorful H610M-K M.2 V20 in RDR2?
When running 4K texture mods, the CPU power draw spikes violently while rendering dense vegetation, causing micro-stutters. The VRM on this entry-level Colorful board just can't keep up, with the core voltage plummeting from 1.28V to 1.15V. This Vdroop is a nightmare for frame pacing. I first tried the 'Ultimate Performance' power plan in Windows, but that just pushed CPU temps to 88-92℃ without fixing the stutters, which was honestly baffling. I eventually dove into the BIOS, navigated to Advanced → Voltage, and set Load-Line Calibration to Level 3 while bumping the core voltage to 1.30V. Using HWiNFO, I saw the voltage swing shrink from 0.13V to 0.05V, and those annoying hitches vanished. I actually bricked the boot process once during the first LLC tweak, and it took adjusting the VCCIO to 1.1V to get it to POST. Now, CPU temps sit at 72-78℃ and VRM temps are 65-70℃. Stress tests show the voltage curve is finally flat, with frame times locked in at 5.1-6.4ms.
