GTX 980 Ti HBAO+ Stuttering

Hello. I recently bought a reference 980 Ti straight from GeForce and while playing FFXIV: Heavensward Dx11, I noticed a little stuttering. Just a light, constant stutter on the environment and objects around me.

I tried everything to get it to stop with in game settings and the NVIDIA control panel.

Eventually I tried turning off HBAO+ and it completely stopped. Perfectly smooth. Is there something wrong with the current drivers? My card? Or just the game?
Only really happens with HBAO+ Quality, HBAO+ Standard isn't really an issue.

During the problem I still maintain between 100 and 144 FPS. It's not a frame drop, just the light stuttering.


This is on complete max settings with the most up to date driver.


EDIT: Seems to cause the same issue in World of Warcraft as well.


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980 Ti
i5-3570k @ 4.5 Ghz
16GB DDR3 @ 1600Mhz
120GB SSD
144Hz 2ms 28" Monitor

The last 4 newest driver since 350.12+ has problems.

look for 353.38: https://forums.geforce.com/default/t...driver-353-38/