Dealing with CPU throttling in FF16 with the CR-1400E
Watching the screen tear and stutter during those massive summoner fights was incredibly frustrating because it completely ruined my timing. The Jonsbo CR-1400E ARGB is a compact cooler, and FF16 is a CPU hog, so my temps were smashing through 95℃, forcing the clock speeds to bounce erratically between 3.0GHz and 4.5GHz. I tried lowering the graphics settings first, but that was a waste of time—the visuals got worse but the temps stayed high. I eventually dove into the BIOS and manually capped the PL1 power limit at 125W and PL2 at 150W, while dropping the fan response time to 0.5 seconds. Monitoring via RTSS, the frame rate stopped swinging between 40-80 and settled at a consistent 65-72 FPS. I actually overshot the limit at first by setting it to 95W, which made loading screens take forever, so I bumped it back to 125W. Temps now sit at 82-86℃ with fans at 1800 RPM. The game feels snappy again, and the controls finally respond instantly.
