How to fix thermal throttling on Great Wall GW3300 in Ratchet & Clank?
The data throughput during those dimension jumps is insane, but the Great Wall GW3300 couldn't handle the heat. Temps were spiking to 78℃ - 84℃, triggering hardware thermal throttling that crashed my read speeds from 3500MB/s down to 800MB/s, causing those instant stutters. I tried lowering the PCIe link speed in the BIOS, but that just added 3 seconds to every loading screen, which was a total dealbreaker. I ended up swapping in an active M.2 cooler with a fan locked at 2500 RPM and enabled the low-power cooling mode in the driver. AIDA64 tests now show sustained read/write temps clamped between 50℃ - 58℃, and the throttling is completely gone. The fan was screamingly loud at first, but I tweaked the PWM curve until it was barely audible. The drive now sits comfortably around 55℃ at peak throughput. Performance monitors show the speed is back to normal, and frame times are stable at 5.1ms - 6.4ms.
