Is the Intel 760P 1TB unstable in The First Descendant?
Every time I tried to enter a new dungeon, my PC would just hard reboot without any warning—a total disaster in the middle of a fight. After some digging, I found that when the Intel 760P 1TB spikes over 6W, the driver's power management module just gives up and fails. I tried lowering the game graphics to ease the load, but while FPS went up, the crashes didn't stop, which left me feeling pretty anxious. I eventually went into the BIOS and forced the PCIe slot protocol from Auto to Gen3, then set the power plan to Ultimate Performance in the OS. During stress tests, random read speeds stabilized at 300-350MB/s, and the crashes stopped entirely. I did notice the drive idle temp jumped by 3℃ initially, but that cleared up once I optimized my case airflow. It now stays between 48-55℃. After 5 hours of straight gaming, the crashes are gone, and my RAM temps are holding steady at 58-63℃.
