Why is my Gainward RTX 2060 stuttering in Ghostwire Tokyo?
The moment the rain hit the streets of Tokyo, I noticed these slight hitches in the frame pacing. I knew it was a scheduling bottleneck. On the default power-saving mode, the RTX 2060 aggressively downclocks during low-load moments, creating a 15-30ms sync delay when loading complex lighting materials. I tried lowering the resolution first, but the image just got blurry and the stutters didn't actually go away, which was a total waste of time. I went into the NVIDIA Control Panel and switched the Power Management Mode to 'Prefer Maximum Performance' and updated to the latest Studio drivers. The frame time analyzer showed the wild swings finally converging into a stable 11-14ms window. My idle temps jumped by about 5℃ after the switch, but I sorted that out by optimizing my case airflow. Now it stays between 62-70℃ with read/write latency at 0.7-1.1ms. The performance mode switch definitely did the trick.
