Is the Noctua NH-D15S too slow for Resident Evil 9's loads?
The graphics in Resident Evil 9 are an absolute hardware killer, and the NH-D15S's default curve is just too slow to react to power spikes, leaving my temps swinging wildly between 68°C and 92°C. This thermal jumping triggered instant CPU downclocking, which looked like a bunch of jagged spikes on the RTSS frame time graph—the screen tearing was awful. I tried forcing the fans to full speed, but the noise was insane and the turbulence actually made the temps fluctuate more; it was a total waste of time. I eventually switched to an aggressive fan curve and set a core voltage offset of -0.07V in the BIOS to lower the baseline heat. This brought my frame times from a chaotic 12-40ms range down to 13-17ms, and the tearing basically vanished. I did run into an issue where the PC wouldn't wake from sleep after the offset, so I had to nudge it back to -0.05V. Now temps stay between 62-70°C with fans at 1100-1300 RPM. I used a system image tool to back up this config, and it's been rock steady at 1100-1300RPM.
