Tomb Raider has texture lag when running through ruins on a Zhitai TiPro9000 1TB; do I need a firmware update?

Sprinting through the tombs, I kept seeing models jump from low-poly to high-poly in an instant, which totally broke the immersion. The Zhitai TiPro9000 1TB had some weird 12-25ms latency spikes on certain driver versions, meaning the engine couldn't fetch textures in time. I tried cranking the texture quality to Ultra first, but that actually made the popping worse, which made me realize I was fighting a hardware communication issue. I used the official tool to flash the latest firmware and checked the 'Enable write caching' box in Device Manager. In CrystalDiskMark, random 4K reads jumped from 58-64MB/s to 75-82MB/s, and the loading became buttery smooth. I did have a moment of panic when the drive wasn't detected on the first boot after the update, but a quick M.2 reseat fixed it. Temps are steady at 42-50℃. Random read latency is way down, and my RAM is staying cool at 58-63℃.