Why does my i5-14600KF throttle in Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden?
Every time I hit a complex combat zone, my frames would dive from 90 down to 50, and the unpredictability was honestly stressing me out. The i5-14600KF spikes to 95-98℃ during power bursts, triggering a thermal throttle that drops the clock from 5.3GHz to 4.2GHz instantly. I tried capping the maximum processor state at 99% in Windows, which dropped temps to 80℃ but made the game feel sluggish, which was a pathetic trade-off. I finally went into the BIOS, nudged the core voltage from 1.3V down to 1.25V, and moved the fan trigger threshold from 60℃ down to 45℃. Monitoring software now shows peaks at 85-88℃, and the frequency no longer falls off a cliff. I actually crashed a few times during save loads when I first lowered the voltage, so I had to add a +0.01V offset to stabilize it. Now the cores sit comfortably between 68-75℃. Ran a Cinebench stress test and the clocks are rock steady.
