Why does my Vastarmor RX 9070 XT Alloy crash in Nioh 2?
Every time I unleashed a flashy skill during a boss fight, the screen would freeze for about 0.5 seconds—a total death sentence in a hardcore action game. I found that when the Vastarmor Radeon RX 9070 XT Alloy's power draw spiked from 120W to 280W, the driver's power management module would momentarily hang. I tried lowering the graphics settings to reduce the load, but while the FPS went up, the freezes stayed, which was honestly pretty frustrating. I decided to dive into the BIOS, forced the PCIe slot from 'Auto' to 'Gen4,' and set the driver power plan to 'Ultimate Performance.' During stress tests, the core clock stayed locked between 2400-2600MHz without any sudden dips. My idle temps jumped by 5℃ at first, but I fixed that by tweaking the fan curve. Now the GPU stays at 68-74℃ and VRAM at 85-91℃. After 4 hours of combat, the freezes are gone. The controls feel tight and the response is instant, though the power draw is definitely higher.
