Fixing random memory hitches on G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 3600?
In the middle of Heidel, I noticed my frame times were spiking irregularly, with 0.2-second freezes whenever a bunch of NPCs loaded in. The factory timings on the G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 3600 are pretty aggressive, and under sustained load, it was throwing a few checksum errors, forcing the system to re-read data. I tried lowering the graphics settings to ease the load, but while the average FPS went up, the hitches stayed, proving it wasn't a GPU bottleneck. I loosened the primary timings from 16-16-16-36 to 18-18-18-40 and bumped my case fans to 1400 RPM to keep the sticks cool. In RivaTuner, the frame generation time tightened from a jittery 12-30 ms to a smooth 11-14 ms. I did see some slight texture pop-in after loosening the timings, but adding 0.02 V to the memory voltage fixed that right up. Temps are stable at 42-48℃. After three long hunting sessions, the system is finally behaving.
