How to fix thermal throttling on Valkyrie V360 in Control 2?
That tiny disconnect between my inputs and the screen became a nightmare during the fragmented physics simulations in Control 2. Checking my logs, I found the Valkyrie V360 Merlin was fluctuating around 65% pump speed during full multi-core loads, leaving cores 2 and 6 about 10-12°C hotter than the rest. I initially tried undervolting to cut the heat, but while it dropped temps by 4°C, I got two BSODs while loading the open world. That's when I realized the pump flow was the real culprit. I locked the pump speed at 100% and dropped the radiator fan trigger threshold to 55°C. In AIDA64 stress tests, peak core temps plummeted from 91°C to a range of 76-82°C, and those micro-stutters vanished. The only downside was a high-pitched coil whine from the pump at full speed during the night, which I managed to mask by tuning the radiator fans to a steady 1300 RPM. CPU package power stayed between 150-170W. After four hours of testing, the framerate is flat and RAM temps are sitting at 58-63°C.
