Every time I launch the game, I'm staring at a black screen for 20 seconds. It's absolutely infuriating and kills all the hype of getting into the game. The UEFI boot on the Great Wall GW3300 256GB was struggling with the large partition table, causing the SSD initialization to hang between 110-160ms. I tried disabling all startup apps in Windows, but that only shaved off 3 seconds—a total joke. I went into the BIOS, completely disabled CSM compatibility mode, forced the boot priority to 'Windows Boot Manager', and enabled Fast Boot. Using a boot timer, the time from power-on to the loading screen dropped from 40 seconds to 15 seconds. I did run into a problem where my backup drive disappeared after disabling CSM, but converting it to GPT fixed it. Motherboard idle is 40-45℃ and the SSD is 32-38℃. I used a BIOS export tool to save these boot parameters; config backed up. Last updated onApril 11, 2026 6:59 PM.
It's honestly pathetic that a top-tier Z890 board would fail during a raid. The power delivery on the MSI MPG Z890 EDGE TI had a 0.1V voltage drop during peak transients, causing a full system crash. I saw the core voltage plummet from 1.3V to 1.15V right before the game vanished from my screen. I tried updating the BIOS, but that actually made it worse, leading to random reboots—just a complete waste of time. I took a conservative route and limited the 'Maximum Processor State' to 99% in power settings to kill Turbo Boost and lower the stress. In AIDA64 FPU tests, voltage ripple shrank from 0.15V to 0.03V, and the system became rock solid. I lost about 10 FPS on average, but I'll take that over crashing every hour. VRM temps are steady at 78-84℃ with fans at 2200 RPM. I've backed up this power plan so I never have to deal with this voltage collapse again. Last updated onApril 14, 2026 8:10 PM.
Running the 4K resolution patch was a disaster—my FPS would suddenly drop from 60 to 45. It was honestly pathetic. HWiNFO showed the CPU hitting 92℃ while processing complex instruction sets, causing the clock to crash from 4.8GHz down to 3.5GHz. I tried lowering the render scale in the emulator, but the image became a blurry mess, and it did nothing to stop the hardware from overheating. I eventually went into the BIOS and manually locked the core frequency at 4.2GHz, and set the NH-D15S fans to run full speed starting at 60℃. In stress tests, the frequency stayed dead-locked at 4.2GHz and the stutters vanished. I actually saw a 6℃ temp increase after locking the clocks, but re-applying some high-end thermal paste brought it back down. Temps now sit between 75-81℃. Saved the BIOS profile and I'm good to go. Last updated onApril 11, 2026 3:51 PM.
Trying to run this on 8GB of DDR3 is basically a death wish for modern gaming. Every time I enter a large outpost, the system acts like it's running off a 20-year-old hard drive—it's honestly pathetic. The Kingston FURY 8GB hits 96% utilization instantly, forcing Windows to spam the page file on my SSD, which pins disk usage at 100%. I tried dropping every single setting to the absolute minimum, but the game looked like a pixelated mess and the lag was still there; I completely lost it after that. I finally stopped letting Windows manage the virtual memory and set a fixed 16GB page file on my fastest NVMe partition, then used PowerShell to enable memory compression. In Resource Monitor, the hard page faults dropped from 110 per second to about 12, which actually made the game playable. I did get a 'low memory' warning when opening other apps at first, but bumping the page file to 20GB killed that. Memory temps are around 38-42℃. I exported the optimized page file settings for backup, and the 38-42℃ temp is holding. Last updated onApril 2, 2026 3:12 PM.
By the end of a race, the frame rate just drains away—it's honestly pathetic for a modern build. The MSI PRO B760M-A has pretty small VRM heatsinks, so long sessions lead to serious heat soak, with core temps hovering between 85-91℃, forcing the clocks to dive. I tried lowering the shadow quality in-game, but the visuals looked terrible, and it felt like a desperate, low-effort fix. I ended up re-routing the entire case airflow, setting the front fans to high intake and the rear to high exhaust, while pushing the fan curve to the limit. In stress tests, core temps dropped from 88℃ to a range of 74-78℃, and the lag stopped. I did have a small air leak at the top of the case, but adding a dust filter and sealing the gaps fixed it. CPU temps are now 68-73℃, and VRAM is steady at 58-63℃. Last updated onMarch 22, 2026 12:43 PM.
