Is a firmware update needed for WD SN850 1TB in Spider-Man?
Whenever I'm flying between skyscrapers in Manhattan, the ground textures suddenly turn into a blurry grey mess. It was a bit of a struggle, but it gave me a reason to test the firmware. The SN850 is fast, but the old firmware had a logic bug with DirectStorage, meaning some asset packs wouldn't respond within the required 15-25ms. I tried lowering the graphics settings, but that was a waste of time—the frames went up, but the textures still popped in. I used the official dashboard to jump from firmware 1.0 to 2.1 and re-verified the 4K alignment with a partition tool. CrystalDiskMark showed random read stability jump from 65% to 98%, and the popping is gone. The update actually failed at 45% once, and I had to reboot and kill my antivirus to get it to finish. Temps are steady at 44-52℃. Switched the drive to 'High Performance' mode. Mode switch successful.
