Why does my Zotac RTX 5070 Ti freeze during ability casts?
Every time I try to flick or peek in a high-stakes duel, the screen just freezes for about 0.3 seconds. In a tactical shooter, that's basically a death sentence. I found that when the Zotac RTX 5070 Ti 16GB transient power spikes from 150W to 320W, the driver's power management module just blanks out for a moment. I tried lowering the resolution to reduce the load, but while the FPS went up, the stutters didn't budge—that kind of trial and error is just stressful. I eventually went into the NVIDIA Control Panel, set Power Management to 'Prefer Maximum Performance,' and forced the PCIe slot to Gen4 in the BIOS. Under stress tests, the core clock stayed rock steady between 2500-2700MHz without any sudden drops. My idle temps jumped by 6℃ at first, but I fixed that by optimizing the fan start-up curve. Now the GPU stays at 67-73℃ and VRAM is at 84-90℃. After 5 hours of grinding, the stutters are gone, and the mouse response feels instant again.
