Is the RT620 ARGB causing heat soak in Cyberpunk 2077?
Walking through the neon districts of Night City, I noticed my frames slowly bleeding out after about ten minutes of play. It was a very subtle performance decay. The base of the RT620 ARGB was suffering from localized heat soak, keeping the CPU cores between 82-88℃ and forcing the clocks down. I tried lowering the graphics settings, but the visual loss was too much to stomach. I eventually tore the cooler off and applied a high-viscosity paste more evenly, then switched the fan sync from 'Smart' to a constant 1600 RPM. In AIDA64 FPU tests, the max temp dropped from 88℃ to 78-82℃, and frame times locked in at 14-17ms. I actually over-tightened the screws on the second install, which slightly warped the board and caused a RAM channel to disappear, until I backed them off half a turn. CPU power is steady at 130-145W with noise around 35dB. 3DMark stress tests show no more decay, with temps at 78-82℃.
