Fixing Valkyrie V360 cooling and CPU throttling in Tekken 8
The default mode on this cooler is a joke. Whenever heavy special effects hit the screen, the CPU temps just explode, and my frames tank from 60 down to 40, which is just pathetic. The Valkyrie V360 pump in 'Smart Mode' is way too slow to react, letting heat build up in the core and triggering 0.1s micro-throttles. I tried 'Extreme Mode' in the software, but the pump sounded like a power drill and only dropped temps by 2℃, which was totally useless. I went into the BIOS and locked the pump at a constant 80% power, while setting the radiator fans to scale linearly with CPU temp. In RTSS, frame times tightened from a shaky 16-30ms to a smooth 12-16ms. I noticed some slight tubing vibration after locking the speed, but tightening the radiator brackets killed the noise. Now the CPU sits at 62-68℃ without any clock drops. I backed up the config, and the game finally feels responsive to my inputs.
