Valkyrie V360 MERLIN overheating in Starfield cities?
Every time I hit a crowded starport, the CPU load would spike and the game would stutter in a way that felt genuinely anxious. Comparing the data, the Valkyrie V360 MERLIN was idling in the 86°C - 92°C range in AIDA64, forcing the clocks to bounce between 4.0GHz - 4.6GHz in HWiNFO. I tried a BIOS voltage offset of -0.08V as seen in CPU-Z, but the system just blue-screened after ten minutes, which was a total letdown. I then switched to the GamePP Fan Curve Config Panel and bumped the pump speed from 60% to 90% at 70°C, while syncing the radiator fans. In RTSS, frame times collapsed from 18-32ms down to a stable 12-15ms, and the smoothness was a night-and-day difference.
