How to optimize Intel Core i5-13490F thread scheduling for Scarlet Nexus?
Once the combat effects start flying, the frame rate starts jumping around like an EKG monitor—it's absolutely ridiculous and was testing my patience. The i5-13490F's scheduler was struggling with multi-threaded tasks, causing instructions to bounce between cores, which pushed frame times to fluctuate wildly between 12ms - 35ms. I tried turning on Windows Game Mode, but that was a joke; the FPS stabilized slightly, but my input lag actually went up. I ended up using a process manager to manually set the game's CPU priority to 'High' and switched my power plan to 'Ultimate Performance'. Monitoring via RTSS showed the frame time variance shrink from a messy 15-30ms down to a tight 8-12ms. I did notice my music app started stuttering after the priority change, but setting the music player to 'Low' priority solved that. CPU temps stayed between 62℃ - 75℃ with fans hitting 1800 RPM. Exported the load data to the performance panel and the scheduling is finally optimized.
