How to handle SLC cache overflow on FireCuda 530 2TB?
The loading speeds were a joke. For a top-tier PCIe 4.0 drive, driving through Night City felt like a slideshow before the whole thing just crashed. Once the SLC cache on the 530 hit its limit, the write speed plummeted from 6500MB/s to a pathetic 1100MB/s, causing massive I/O blocking. I tried lowering all my graphics settings, but the game looked like a pixelated mess from ten years ago—complete masochism. I went into Device Manager and bumped the NVMe controller queue depth from 1024 to 2048, and manually expanded my virtual memory to 64GB. According to the logs, I/O wait times dropped from 32ms to 10 - 14ms, and those infuriating frame drops finally stopped. I did have a brief moment where the drive wasn't recognized after the change, but switching the power plan to 'High Performance' sorted it out. Temps are between 48 - 58℃. I've exported the pressure data to confirm the cache scheduling is now working as intended.
