How to stop Intel 760P 1TB from overheating in SW Outlaws?
This was unbelievable—two hours into the game, my frame rate crashed from 80 FPS to 35 FPS, and the loading stutters became unbearable. HWMonitor showed the Intel 760P 1TB hitting 78℃, triggering a hardware-level throttle that basically cut my read speeds in half. I tried lowering the PCIe link power in the BIOS, but that was a waste of time; it didn't lower the temp and just made loading 20% slower. I finally bought a cheap aluminum heatsink and set the system power plan to 'Balanced'. The temps immediately dropped and stabilized between 50-58℃, and my frames stayed in the 75-80 range. I spent an hour tweaking my GPU fan curves thinking the graphics card was the problem, which was a total facepalm moment once I saw the SSD temps. The drive finally holds its performance now. Exported the write policy settings, and it's finally stable.
