Why is my AK500 ARGB causing stutters in Callisto Protocol?
Whenever I hit the deep colony corridors, my CPU temps spiked to 82-87℃, causing the clock speeds to bounce wildly between 3.2-3.8GHz, which felt like a slideshow. I first tried switching Windows power mode to Balanced, but that was a total waste of time—my 1% lows actually tanked to 24 FPS. I eventually dove into the BIOS and set the fan trigger threshold to 62-65℃, forcing a full-blast mode at 78℃. After that, HWiNFO showed temps stabilizing in the 72-76℃ range, and my frame times tightened up from a messy 14.2-18.2ms to a steady 11.1-12.4ms. My first mistake was using a linear curve; it just couldn't keep up with the sudden load spikes. Once I switched to a stepped jump logic, the noise peaks flattened out. The fins still vibrate a bit under max load, but the heat transfer is way better. Verified everything with OCCT, and frequency fluctuations are now within +/- 2%, with frame times locked at 11.1-12.4ms.
