Why is my Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000 lagging in Returnal?
Whenever the screen gets filled with projectiles, I noticed these micro-freezes that made my inputs feel completely sluggish. Even with 96GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000, the memory controller was acting up, with voltage oscillating wildly between 1.35V and 1.42V when handling asymmetric addresses. I tried enabling Windows Game Mode, but that was a joke—it actually made the stuttering worse. I eventually dove into the BIOS Advanced settings, locked the frequency at 6000MHz, and manually set the virtual memory to 32GB. Using AIDA64, I saw the memory latency drop from 88ns down to a much tighter 64-68ns, and the game finally felt responsive. I did hit a wall early on when I tried pushing the primary timings to 30, which just triggered a BSOD. I had to loosen the tRFC to 480 to get it stable. Temps stayed around 52-58℃. Checked the performance panel and the frequency curve is finally a flat line. Settings saved.