Should I fix G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR5 6400 frequency drops?
Every time I dove into the shadows, the game would just hitch, and the anxiety of those random frame drops was killing me. The G.Skill Trident Z Neo 6400MHz was aggressively switching between 4800MHz and 6400MHz during low-load stealth sequences, causing frame times to spike from 6ms to a jarring 42ms. I tried cranking the graphics to Ultra to force a constant load, but that was a fail—my RAM temps shot past 65℃ and the fans sounded like a jet engine. I eventually went into the BIOS, disabled the XMP auto-switch, and manually locked the frequency to a stable 6200MHz while pushing the voltage to 1.4V. Looking at the RTSS curve, the frame times finally settled between 7-9ms, and that jittery feeling is totally gone. I did run into a weird issue where the PC would freeze during idle after the lock, but switching the Windows Power Plan from Balanced to High Performance killed that bug. Now temps are steady at 55-61℃ with VRAM usage around 12.4-14.1GB. The stutters are gone, and the input response feels instant.
