Should I adjust core affinity for Ryzen 7 7800X3D in Relink?
The scheduling logic for this 3D cache is basically a coin toss—one minute it's buttery smooth, the next it's a slideshow. During heavy particle effects, the CPU creates response peaks of 12-28ms between cores, making the frame time graph look like a mountain range. I tried enabling 'Game Mode' in the drivers, which gave me a measly 3 FPS boost but didn't touch the stutters; a total waste of effort. I eventually used a process manager to force the game onto cores 0-7 and set the power plan to High Performance. In RTSS, the frame time jitter dropped from 15-40ms to a tight 7-12ms window, and the input lag vanished. At first, my background apps started lagging because of the core binding, but a slight tweak to the core mask fixed that. CPU temps are staying around 62-68℃ with power draw at 85W. Exported the logs and the frame times are finally consistent.
