Can an ASRock Z370M Pro4 actually run Phantom Blade Zero?
Trying to run a modern masterpiece on a Z370 relic is like trying to drive a horse carriage on a highway—absolutely ridiculous. With high settings, the single-core load just hits a wall, causing the clock to bounce between 3.8GHz and 4.5GHz, and my FPS tanks from 60 down to 30. I tried disabling every single background app in Windows, but that only gave me a 5% stability bump and the drops were still frequent. Total waste of time. I eventually went into the BIOS, enabled a mild overclock, bumped the core voltage from 1.2V to 1.25V, and used a process manager to set the game thread priority to 'Realtime'. In comparison tests, the 1% lows jumped from 28 FPS to 45 FPS, making the combat feel way more fluid. I almost fried my CPU because my old cooler was dried out—temps hit 95℃ instantly until I repasted it. Now it holds at 78-84℃. I've backed up the voltage and scheduling parameters, and memory temps are staying around 58-63℃. It's a struggle, but it works.
