How to fix Kioxia EXCERIA PLUS G4 2TB texture pop-in?
Seeing those HD textures snap into place instantly is such a rush! The Kioxia EXCERIA PLUS G4 2TB has insane PCIe 5.0 bandwidth, but in 'Auto' mode, it occasionally dipped back to PCIe 4.0, causing 12-18ms of texture streaming lag. I tried lowering the texture quality in-game, but it looked like a game from 2010, which was just unacceptable. I went into the BIOS and forced the PCIe link to Gen5 and updated the latest AMD chipset drivers. Performance analyzers showed sequential reads stabilizing at 10000-11500MB/s, and the blur disappeared. I had a weird issue where the PC booted slowly after locking Gen5, but disabling 'Fast Boot' sorted it out. Drive temps are sitting at 55-62℃. Frame times are a solid 5.1-6.4ms, though it took a few BIOS restarts to get it right.
