How to reduce Tekken 8 boot time on Seagate FireCuda 530?
The power-saving mode on this drive is a complete joke; every time I launch the game, I have to wait through this agonizing wake-up period. System logs showed the disk taking 3-5 seconds just to ramp up from low power to full speed, which is unacceptable for a fighting game. I tried updating the drivers, but the black screen actually got 2 seconds longer—I was ready to throw the drive out. I took a more aggressive route and used the registry to force all NVMe power states to 0. This slashed my boot time from 15 seconds down to 4 seconds. This did bump the idle temp up by 5℃, so I had to tweak my front intake fan curves to keep it between 42-46℃. Now, read peaks are a rock steady 6.8GB/s. After exporting the registry keys and testing on another rig, the wake latency is totally gone, and my fans are humming along at 1400-1600RPM.
