Does MSI MPG Z890 EDGE TI need a BIOS update for Overwatch 2?
It's a total joke that a high-end board like this crashes in Overwatch 2—hardware irony at its finest. After scouring forums, it turns out early BIOS versions for the MSI MPG Z890 EDGE TI WIFI have terrible sync support for high-frequency DDR5, causing timeouts during large memory calls. I tried adding more virtual memory, but that just wasted my time and slowed down loading. I bit the bullet and flashed the latest stable BIOS, then bumped the memory voltage from 1.25V to 1.32V for stability. After 12 hours of hammering it with stress tests, the crashes stopped. The BIOS update reset my RAM to 4800MHz, so I had to re-enable XMP to get back to 6400MHz. Board temps are 40-50℃ and fans are steady at 1100-1300RPM. I exported the config file so I don't have to do this again.