How to optimize Zhitai TiPro9000 1TB for RDR2 4K mods?
These 4K mods are absolute hardware killers; the amount of data being streamed is insane. Whenever I galloped through Saint Denis, I'd get these weird micro-hitches, and RTSS showed my frame times jumping between 15ms and 40ms—it was driving me crazy. I tried closing every background app I had, but I only gained maybe 1 FPS, which was basically a placebo. I eventually went into Device Manager and disabled the write caching policy for the NVMe controller and locked my virtual memory to a fixed 32GB. In the next test, the frame times settled into a tight 16-22ms range, and that 'tugging' sensation finally stopped. I did experience a brief freeze when saving the game right after disabling the cache, but switching my power plan to High Performance solved it. Temps are hovering around 52-60℃. I exported the I/O logs to confirm the spikes are gone, and the game feels fluid now.