Is the FireCuda 530 overheating in Hellblade 2?
Every time I hit a scene with extreme lighting, I was on edge because the system could crash at any second. When handling 4K texture streaming, the FireCuda 530's power draw spiked, sending temperatures screaming up to 82℃ in about 3 seconds, which triggered the hardware's thermal protection and killed the game. I tried enabling 'Power Saver' mode in Windows, but my FPS got sliced in half and the crashes actually happened more often—it was a total disaster. I ended up tweaking my case fan curves to force 100% speed once the drive hit 60℃ and set the PCIe Power Management to 'Maximum Performance'. In stress tests, the temperature range tightened from 75-85℃ down to 58-65℃, and I've played for 5 hours straight without a single crash. I did almost mess up the fan settings by cranking them too high, which created this annoying resonance noise, but dialing it back by 200 RPM fixed it. The SSD now sits at 52-58℃ and feels warm. After a marathon of pressure tests, the stability is finally where it needs to be.
