Why is my Zotac RTX 5060 Ti 16GB dropping speed in The Witcher 3?
Sprinting through the streets of Novigrad, I noticed this subtle, rhythmic hitching that was incredibly distracting at 4K. HWInfo revealed the VRAM on the Zotac 5060 Ti was hitting an 85°C limit, causing read speeds to fluctuate wildly between 200 and 400 MB/s. I tried disabling every useless background service, but the frames kept dipping; software fixes are a joke when you're fighting physics. I swapped the cooler for an active-enhanced version and disabled PCIe Link Power Management in the BIOS. Now, VRAM temps stay between 68-74°C and read speeds are locked at 380-410 MB/s, killing the stutters entirely. The new cooler was a tight fit and actually pushed my SSD temps up by 4°C, so I had to rearrange my case fans to fix the airflow. Now GPU temps are 62-68°C with fans at 1400-1700 RPM. Link parameters are verified, but the cable management was a nightmare.
