Strange, unexplained framerate loss

I lose framerate when playing, seemingly at random, for reasons that are not graphical. My framerate will drop from 75FPS down to 12FPS during one of these drops, and the drop period can last up to 30 seconds at a time. I have tried to change graphics settings, update my drivers, even completely reinstall the game, and none of it has worked. After discussing the issue with a Square Enix support agent in the live chat service, we came to a possible conclusion of the issue being caused by the latest version of Windows 10.

I play the game on Standard laptop graphics instead of what NVIDIA recommends, and my specs are as follows:
ASUS ROG G752VT
Intel i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz Processor
16 GB RAM
NVIDIA GTX 970M

Hello saikorhythm, Thank you for posting on the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums

Have you tried to roll back your windows update?

Can you submit a FFXIV system report? Simply go to the 'Config' option on the Final Fantasy XIV launcher and to the right of 'System Information' click on 'Display.'

Hope to be of assistance. Thank you for playing Final Fantasy XIV! Hope to see you online.

I can't roll back the update, there's no option to do so. Windows only allows rollbacks for a certain period after the installation, and I didn't connect the dots until after that point expired.

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Fixed my issue. I was missing a Windows compatibility patch.

Thank you for the update saikorhythm.

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