Why is my Ryzen 9 9950X3D overheating in Dying Light 2?
Under this kind of load, my CPU basically turned into a space heater, hitting 95℃ in about two minutes—absolutely ridiculous. The 3D V-Cache layer on the 9950X3D adds a lot of thermal resistance, so heat just piles up, causing the clock speed to bounce frantically between 4.2GHz and 5.2GHz. I tried enabling some 'extreme' software mode first, but the fans started screaming at 2500 RPM, and the noise was just mental pollution. I eventually went into the BIOS and set a voltage offset of -0.05V and dropped the radiator fan trigger threshold to 50℃. Monitoring showed the core temps plummet from 98℃ down to a manageable 82-86℃, and my FPS stabilized from a 40-70 range to a steady 62-68. I did have two random reboots when I first locked the voltage, but bumping the SoC voltage to 1.1V fixed the stability issues. Now my coolant stays at 38-42℃ with the pump at 2800 RPM. I exported the temperature logs and the fans are now humming quietly at 1400-1600 RPM.
