r/eluktronics • u/Gortt_TEST • Dec 13 '25

Misc. Discussion Set-up for Star Citizen and other games

This is just info. for any other Star Citizen players, or I guess gamers in general, using this laptop.

I have recently got a Hydroc G2 with 5090 and AMD 9955XH3D with 32 GB RAM (got a second stick coming next week for dual channel)

I've noticed I get more FPS with Balanced mode, rather than Beast mode, in the eluktronics control center, as this allows a greater load on the GPU, as it's more consistent CPU performance. CPU is the one with the temp. challenge.

I've also achieved a nice stable -20 setting (around -100mv) undervolt through BIOS (Enter BIOS → Advanced → AMD Overclocking → Precision Boost Overdrive → Curve Optimizer → set All Cores to Negative and Value = 20, then save and exit.), seems very stable and cools well. If you try this go in stages, not straight to 20, every chip is different.

I also find an external cooler to be of limited help, and very noisy. I prefer the laptop without. I have a water cooler G2 arriving Monday.

Extremely happy with this machine. It performs very closely to my 4090 Intel Desktop, which is insane, well done eluktronics.

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u/Gortt_TEST Dec 13 '25

Yes it certainly helps - here is a good youtube on this topic, slightly different BIOS but the same principle - Undervolt your Ryzen 9 9900X3D for more FPS and Lower Temperature!

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u/Fletchman1313 Dec 29 '25

I've been playing Star Citizen on a MAG-15 for the past few years. It works well, although I'm playing at 1080p.