Why is my Galax B760M D4 Wi-Fi throttling in The First Descendant?

While grinding high-intensity dungeons, I noticed my CPU clocks were jumping wildly between 4.8 GHz and 3.2 GHz, which caused frame time spikes of 20-40 ms. The VRM on the Galax B760M D4 Wi-Fi Black Knight suffered a 70 mV voltage drop during transient peak currents, triggering the core's throttling mechanism. I first tried enabling 'Ultimate Performance' in Windows, but it just bumped temps up by 8℃ without fixing the instability, which was honestly frustrating. I eventually dove into the BIOS, set the Load-Line Calibration to Medium, and manually added a 0.03 V offset to the Vcore. Using HWMonitor, I saw the voltage ripple tighten from a loose 1.18-1.26 V range to a stable 1.22-1.24 V, and my FPS stopped swinging between 45-80, settling at a consistent 72-78 FPS. I actually overshot the offset on my first try, causing the PC to reboot the second I launched the game, but dialing it back by 0.01 V fixed everything. VRM temps stayed between 65-72℃, and the heatsinks felt warm to the touch. I saved these power parameters to a BIOS profile, and it's been rock steady since.
Category:Software Usage Last updated:February 19, 2026 5:29 PM