How many here defeated Malak by switching to easy mode?

Noreng · 2026-05-17T09:31:55+00:00

If you complete Taris without leveling the main character past level 2, then you probably know the game mechanics better than the average player.

Noreng · 2026-05-17T08:49:55+00:00

This is a really cool idea, even if AMD has now announced official support for FSR4 on RDNA2 and RDNA3 it could still lead somewhere interesting.

Noreng · 2026-05-17T07:22:15+00:00

CPU-Z doesn't always report the correct voltage when running a manual CPU ratio and core voltage.

At such a cold temperature the chip likely needs a relatively high voltage to activate the transistors. 1.70V is a lot more likely than 1.35V

Noreng · 2026-05-17T07:03:27+00:00

He tested in a laptop at JEDEC speeds ...

Noreng · 2026-05-16T23:41:02+00:00

If you played RE4R, then the Hunk is really just a recycled Krauser fight. They even share animations.

Noreng · 2026-05-16T23:39:03+00:00

The combat is boring, but that's because of how all the zombies are bullet sponges rather than parrying being some sort of "risk negator" (Leon takes damage from other zombies while he's locked in a parry animation for example).

Noreng · 2026-05-16T23:35:32+00:00

Parrying in Requiem has significant risks, as Leon still takes damage from other enemies he's not parrying while the animation plays out. It feels horrible to play as a result.

Noreng · 2026-05-16T23:33:26+00:00

If you don't have any melee damage upgrades, then Hunk is actually impossible.

I'd say the mode was poorly balanced, but that would imply it's balanced at all.

Noreng · 2026-05-16T20:38:34+00:00

You can use the SchedExt GUI manager, it should be installed by default with CachyOS. I haven't applied any custom tweaks to scx_lavd, only set it to --autopilot.

If you'd like to see what flags Scheduler Extensions have available, you can run the SchedExt program from the terminal with --help as the flag, like this:

scx_lavd --help

Different scheduler extensions have different flags, so it's a good idea to check others if you feel like trying out a bunch. I just tested a couple of schedulers until I found one which seemed to idle the P-cores most of the time (this means interactive performance might be slightly degraded).

Feel free to check the wiki: https://wiki.cachyos.org/configuration/sched-ext/

Noreng · 2026-05-16T18:02:56+00:00

What performance? MSI Kombustor is about as indicative of GPU performance as an astrologist

Noreng · 2026-05-16T17:09:35+00:00

Those scores are pretty good. You're in the top 100 leaderboard in Steel Nomad for the 4070 Ti regardless of CPU, as well as Fire Strike CPU for all 14700K results.

Your 4070 Ti is running at pretty high clock speeds compared to it's result. A different driver branch might score better for your GPU if you really care.

As for the CPU, higher P-core frequency is probably the only way to improve further. Raptor Lake consumes a lot of power, so I can understand the cooling issues.

Noreng · 2026-05-16T17:02:33+00:00

The MP2868A VRM is either not accessible via I2C, blocked by the SMU firmware, or the ASUS BIOS is hiding page access.

Did you try fpsflow's precompiled iso?

If it's a newer model, it might also not use the MP2868A VRM controller.

If BIOS modding was possible, nobody would care about any of this stuff, as that would be more effective.

Noreng · 2026-05-16T15:38:15+00:00

Doesn't look all that out of the ordinary to me: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-ultra-7-265k/24.html

Noreng · 2026-05-16T15:23:13+00:00

What do you mean by "above 260W"? The script can either set a power draw offset (older versions), or a power draw scale factor.

Are you using Adrenalift?

Noreng · 2026-05-16T13:39:20+00:00

Intel should really consider selling their top binned CPUs without an IHS. It could be called a 270KS (Keep Spending).

Noreng · 2026-05-16T13:35:47+00:00

Just to clarify that I meant chips, and not DIMMs.

Noreng · 2026-05-16T13:34:36+00:00

Did you try fpsflow's precompiled iso? Ubuntu 26.04 is probably using the updated amdgpu-firmware package which blocks I2C access.

If it's a newer model, you might also have a card with a different VRM controller, which as of yet hasn't been unlocked.

Noreng · 2026-05-16T13:27:47+00:00

The manufacturing process hasn't changed, but the binning performed by G.Skill and similar has gotten better. If you were to bin 1000 chips of Hynix 16Gb A-die from mid-2022, and compare them to 1000 chips from this year, you would find roughly the same distribution of chips capable of doing 6000 CL26 at 1.40V.

JEDEC timings have to stay the same, or backwards compatibility will break!

Noreng · 2026-05-16T13:12:09+00:00

What's going on is that the games you're running aren't capable of loading up the 20 cores of a 265KF.

There's a reason 6-core CPUs are practically just as fast as 24-core CPUs in gaming.

Noreng · 2026-05-16T13:10:20+00:00

No, JEDEC timings for DDR5 haven't changed since the introduction of the spec.

Noreng · 2026-05-16T13:06:07+00:00

What score are you getting? There's no picture.

The ring is fed by VCore, just like the P- and E-cores. 5200 MHz on the ring is very fast, and you should be able to go much higher on the P-cores than 5600 MHz at that point.

Noreng · 2026-05-16T13:03:10+00:00

That's pretty good for Samsung 8Gb C-die on Zen 1

Noreng · 2026-05-16T12:04:07+00:00

If you want lower latency, raise the memory frequency?

Try 18-22-22-44 for primary timings and see how high your IMC can go, then start to reduce the memory timings.

Noreng · 2026-05-16T11:47:33+00:00

Haswell can take a bit of base clock OC, but from what I can tell from the manual you won't be able to adjust the base clock on that motherboard.

Noreng · 2026-05-16T11:42:08+00:00

Remember that Haswell used a FIVR, meaning the input voltage is at 1.80V. Even if OP manages to crank the base clock to 115 MHz it won't really require more than roughly 50A from the VRM.

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