How to verify actual RAM hardware status in Starfield?
I thought the sticks were dying because the monitor stayed frozen at 60% while the game was already stuttering. I tried three different tools, and all of them had the same lag. After digging deeper, I found the motherboard's sensor reporting was clashing with the Win11 power plan. I went into the BIOS Advanced menu, nudged the memory controller voltage to a stable 1.35V, and used GamePP to force the polling interval to 500ms. According to report ID-KGN-ST-05, RAM temps settled between 64℃ - 68℃, peaking at 71℃. While the lag is gone, I noticed the native XMP profile still causes 1% lows to dip below 40fps in some spots. It means sensors can't save you from bad optimization during scene transitions, but at least I know the hardware isn't actually crashing.
