Can an AK500 handle Tales of Arise on Ultra settings?
Trying to run this game on Ultra settings with a single-tower cooler is almost a joke; the hardware stress is just insane. The AK500 fan doesn't even start ramping up until 70℃, which means the core hits 90℃ instantly, triggering a safety throttle that drops my clocks to 3.0GHz. I tried lowering the resolution to take the load off, but the game looked like a pixelated mess and the drops were still there—totally disappointing. I went into the BIOS and rebuilt the fan curve from scratch, forcing 80% speed as soon as it hits 60℃, and set my front case fans to positive pressure. Now, the peak temps are clamped at 76-80℃, and the clock swings are narrowed down to 4.6-4.8GHz. I did have some high-pitched whining when I first cranked the airflow, but tuning the fans to 1600 RPM made it disappear. CPU power draw is steady at 110-130W with fans at 1600-1800 RPM. I saved the profile to a system snapshot, and the coolant temps are sitting at 38-42℃.
