How to fix missing textures on ASUS B760M in Dead Space 2?

This was a nightmare. In the middle of a creepy space station, I'm seeing walls turn into transparent blocks—it felt like playing a game from the 90s. It turns out the PCIe link on my ASUS TUF GAMING B760M-PLUS WIFI D4 was dropping from Gen4 to Gen3 under load, causing 4K random reads to tank from 60MB/s to 12MB/s. I tried disabling Fast Startup in Windows, which did absolutely nothing except make my boot time longer. Total waste of time. I eventually went into the BIOS and forced the PCIe speed to Gen4 and updated to Intel Chipset driver v11.0. Using a performance monitor, I saw read latency drop from 120ms to 48-58ms, and the popping finally stopped. I had some slow boot issues after locking Gen4, but turning off CSM mode fixed it instantly. SSD temps stayed 45-52℃, southbridge at 58-63℃, and fans stayed steady at 1400-1600 RPM.
Category:Performance Evaluation Last updated:April 14, 2026 8:21 PM