Fixing Zhitai TiPro9000 cache stutters and texture pops in ZZZ
During fast scene transitions, the edges of the screen start flickering with these bizarre color blocks, which is a total eyesore in a high-paced action game. Once the Zhitai TiPro9000's dynamic SLC cache fills up after heavy writes, the read speed craters from 7,000MB/s to under 1,100MB/s, causing micro-stutters in asset loading. I first tried increasing the virtual memory size in Windows, but that didn't stop the flickering and actually made my framerates jitter during loads, which was incredibly frustrating. I eventually flashed the latest official firmware and forced the write cache flushing policy to 'On' in Device Manager. CrystalDiskMark showed random 4K reads jumping from 45-52MB/s to 62-68MB/s, and the texture popping basically disappeared. After the update, I noticed some weird idle activity on the drive until I disabled the Windows Indexing service. Now the drive sits comfortably at 42-55℃. Internal analysis tools show peak throughput is back, and memory temps stay between 58-63℃.
