Solving i5-13490F scheduling hitches in Starfield
Flying through dense debris fields caused the physics engine to absolutely choke my i5-13490F. The thread scheduler was acting up, pinning some cores at 100% while others just sat there idling. This imbalance tanked my FPS from 60 down to 32. I tried the 'High Performance' power plan in Windows, which made the P-Cores snappier, but the calculation lag was still there—just a band-aid on a bullet wound. I went into the BIOS Advanced Voltage settings, switched Load-Line Calibration from 'Auto' to 'Manual', and bumped the VCCSA from 1.10V to 1.15V. In Cinebench R23, my multi-core score climbed from 18200 to 19100, and temps actually dropped from 85℃ to 78℃. I had a few random reboots at idle right after the tweak, but setting a -0.02V offset finally stabilized everything. CPU temps now sit between 68-75℃. I exported the BIOS config to a backup file so I don't lose this, and fans are steady at 1400-1600RPM.
