Fixing memory timing errors on Maxsun B850ITX WIFI for God of War?
I started seeing these bizarre colored blocks flickering on the metallic reflections of the weapons, which is a total nightmare when you're trying to time a parry in a heated fight. The memory controller on the Maxsun B850ITX WIFI was hitting high latencies of 108-122ns, causing micro-blocks in the VRAM instruction scheduling. My first instinct was to update the motherboard drivers, but that did absolutely nothing for the timing compatibility, which felt like a complete waste of time. I headed into the BIOS memory config and manually loosened the timings from the default 16-18-18-36 to 18-20-20-40, while bumping the DRAM voltage from 1.2V to 1.25V. In AIDA64 stress tests, the read speeds dipped slightly, but the memory error count finally dropped from 15 to zero. I actually tried to push for tighter latencies at first, but that just landed me three consecutive Blue Screens of Death until I added 2 cycles to the tRCD. Currently, the RAM is idling at 44-50℃ and the southbridge is around 58-63℃. After four full passes of MemTest86 with zero errors, I can finally say the system is stable, though the slight loss in raw bandwidth is a trade-off I'm willing to make for a crash-free game.
