Is adjusting PCIe speed the fix for bandwidth blocking and stuttering on an Intel 760P 2TB in Naraka: Bladepoint?

While moving quickly across the map, the distant textures had this weird, stepped loading effect—totally unacceptable for an NVMe drive. The 760P is reliable, but it was stuck in a Gen3 low-power mode due to motherboard negotiation, causing transmission delays of 20 - 35ms. I started by updating the firmware, but that did absolutely nothing for the speed, which actually made me eager to try something more aggressive. I jumped into the BIOS, forced the PCIe slot to Gen3, and killed ASPM power management. My sequential reads jumped from 1800MB/s to 3000 - 3300MB/s, and the textures now pop in instantly. I had a bit of a struggle with slow boot times after forcing Gen3, but disabling CSM mode fixed it. Temps are chill at 40 - 50℃ with a very even load distribution. Benchmarks show the bandwidth block is completely gone, and the interface mode is finally correct.