How to stop G.Skill Trident Z 3200 from crashing in Gears 5?
Trying to run Gears 5 on a single 8GB stick is basically a joke; the game just crashes every time there's a major scene transition. The G.Skill Trident Z 3200 particles were throwing 0x1A memory management errors when handling massive physics objects. I tried using software to cap the game's RAM usage at 6GB, but that just tanked my FPS to 25 and didn't even stop the crashes—it was incredibly frustrating. I finally went into BIOS, bumped the DRAM voltage from 1.2V to 1.35V, and loosened tRCD and tRP from 16-16 to 18-18. In four passes of MemTest86, the error count dropped from 8 to zero. I actually triggered the motherboard's overheat protection during the first voltage bump, so I had to add some RAM heatsinks to keep it stable. Temps are now 40-46℃. I used the BIOS export tool to save these conservative settings. Backup complete.
