Load slider faster onto page?

Is there any way to make the slider load faster? I have the “Preload sliders” checked, but that seems only to bring up a blank slider quickly, not the slides themselves.

I have a “Mixed content” slider set up, with 9 posts & pages. I know that’s probably a lot, but it would be great if there was a way to load the first slide quickly, as the others are loading in the background.

Any ideas? Thanks for any help.