How to stop the NH-D15 G2 from throttling in Indiana Jones?
While exploring ancient dungeons, my frame rate was swinging wildly between 80 and 35 FPS, making the combat response feel sluggish and unresponsive. I initially thought I messed up the thermal paste, so I wasted an hour repasting and swapping to high-conductivity pads, but temps stayed stuck around 92℃. It was a total nightmare. I eventually dug into the fan response latency and realized the NH-D15 G2's default silent mode was too linear; it couldn't keep up with the CPU's sudden power spikes. I jumped into BIOS $\rightarrow$ Monitor $\rightarrow$ Fan Curve and moved the step points earlier, triggering 80% speed at 60℃ and cutting the response delay to 1.5 seconds. Checking HWiNFO, the CPU clock finally locked in at 4.8-5.1GHz without those jagged drops. At first, the fans were screaming even at low loads, but after fine-tuning the linear transition between 40-60℃, it calmed down. Core temps now sit at 74-80℃, and the frame time is rock steady at 5.1-6.4ms. It's a relief, though the fan noise is still noticeable under load.
