Noctua NH-D15S response lag in Horizon Forbidden West?
Whenever I entered dense jungle areas, the game would have these tiny hitches that totally ruined the immersion. The Noctua NH-D15S has a fan curve that's way too 'polite'—it stays at 900 RPM until 80℃, which is just too slow for this game's spikes. I tried blasting the fans at 100%, but the noise was unbearable in a quiet room. Instead, I built a stepped curve: 1100 RPM at 60℃, 1500 RPM at 75℃, and a jump to 2000 RPM at 85℃. AIDA64 stress tests showed temp peaks dropping from 92℃ to 81-84℃, and the hitching vanished. I did have some weird clicking noises at low speeds initially, but bumping the start-up voltage by 0.1V cleared that up. Core temps now sit between 72-78℃, and the hardware stays around 62-68℃ under load.
