Why does Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree stutter in combat?
Fighting the final boss was a nightmare because my frames would suddenly tank to 30 without warning. In a soulslike, that's basically a death sentence. I checked the logs and saw the Asgard Bragi II DDR5 6000 voltage was wobbling around 1.35V, triggering the memory controller's error correction (ECC) constantly. I tried downclocking to 5600MHz, which stopped the drops but lowered my average FPS by 5—I wasn't happy with that compromise. I updated the motherboard BIOS to the latest version and set a manual voltage offset of +0.05V to lock it at 1.40V. In the RivaTuner frame time graph, those annoying red spikes completely vanished, and frame times stayed between 6.8ms - 8.2ms. I actually lost my boot priority after the BIOS update and spent an hour fixing the boot order. RAM temps are 54℃ - 60℃, and 3DMark stress tests show 99% stability. It's finally a fair fight.
