Fixing Zhitai TiPro9000 2TB throughput issues in Apex Legends
The loading bar would just hang at 90%, making my high-end NVMe feel like a dinosaur from the HDD era, though the raw potential of the drive kept me intrigued. The Zhitai TiPro9000 was choking on fragmented map assets because the file system alignment was off, causing the bandwidth to swing wildly between 40MB/s and 60MB/s. I tried the 'High Performance' power plan in Windows, but that only shaved off one second—totally useless. I ended up using a partition tool to re-align the 4K sectors and updated the NVMe driver to the latest version. AIDA64 random read tests then stabilized at 75-82MB/s, and map loads dropped to a swift 4 seconds. I did have a scare where some old saves became unreadable, but a quick backup restore fixed it. Drive temps are sitting at 42°C - 50°C. Throughput is finally optimized, and frame times are locked at 5.1-6.4ms.
