Fixing the scene transition stutters on ONDA 9D4-DVH?
Every time I entered a new town, the screen would freeze for about 0.5 seconds, which was incredibly frustrating. The PCIe lanes on the ONDA 9D4-DVH were struggling with the massive texture streaming of a modern game, with throughput swinging wildly between 8-12GB/s. I desperately tried clearing system temp files to free up space, but that did absolutely nothing for the I/O latency. I finally updated to the latest chipset drivers and forced the PCIe mode from 'Auto' to 'Gen3' in the BIOS, while disabling unnecessary onboard peripherals. CrystalDiskMark showed random read latency dropping from 18ms to 10-12ms, and transitions became seamless. I did have a moment of panic when the SSD wasn't detected after the first PCIe tweak, but a quick reseat and BIOS update sorted it out. Board temps stayed around 45-52℃. In-game performance tools confirm that resource loading is now stable. Settings applied.