Reducing NVMe Read Latency
Staring at the loading bar for ages every time I entered a new map was infuriating. I even tried replacing my SSD with a higher-end model, but the bottleneck remained, which felt like a sarcastic joke. I then used the GamePP NVMe Queue Depth Configurator to force the queue depth from 32-64 up to 256. The result was instant: random 4K reads improved to 58-65MB/s per CrystalDiskMark, and total loading time dropped from 22s to 11s per GamePP, with temps at 45-52℃ per GamePP.
