I've ran out of options and seek tech helkp from the tribe of FFXIV peo

[Mordred_Kishi]

have you tried restarting your computer?

Yes, ive reinstalled the game multiple times as well. The only things i can try now is a fresh wipe of my drive, or completely wiping my saved character data from the server save, which id really like to avoid if at all possible. Or maybe there's something else im missing, and posting in the tech part of the forums would be beneficial.

[Mordred_Kishi]

Most likely random, but found that Windows 10 wallpaper slideshow causes computer wide stuttering when it changes background.

I dont use a slideshow of wallpapers, its a static wallpaper.

[Payotz]

Mmmmmmmm.. If you have your old computer still up and running, maybe try backing your char data from that, and then downloading it into your machine using the restore char config feature.
Other than that, the only thing I can really think of is thermal throttling or something in your character config options that's different compared to other other characters (LoD objects settings and character brightness for one).

[Boblawblah]

Well, there's been lots of suggestions, but little clarification on what exactly your issue is. When you say "frame drops", are you going from 60 fps to 20? from 240 to 220? What exactly, in detail is happening. Is it just a "feeling", or do you keep track of exact numbers? What other applications do you have running on your system while you play? there is a lot of information that we don't have.

[dapperfaffer]

Yes, ive reinstalled the game multiple times as well. The only things i can try now is a fresh wipe of my drive, or completely wiping my saved character data from the server save, which id really like to avoid if at all possible. Or maybe there's something else im missing, and posting in the tech part of the forums would be beneficial.

I was just kidding tbh. but from what iv read if you use mods its likely that those are what are causing your random stuttering and drops. try turning on, or off, use low detail models on distant objects. and your shadow settings. this game is poorly optimized.

otherwise I would check your sound card mounting if you already haven't, there is a frequent reoccuring issue with sound and frame drops and stuttering.

[Wanzzo]

Also, try to see if your sound card needs updates or if disabling other aplications while playing could solve it. Don't use addons, mods or anything in the same folder of the game.

If I was in your skin, I'd level up another char "just in case" I end up giving up and deleting the char. xD

Since it's seems to be an issue with only one char, maybe it's some error in his data or on your end or on the SE server's end. In any way, this might end up in the char being deleted to solve the problem.

[AscendentBlue]

I ran into a similar problem around 12 months ago. Finally managed to pin it down via Resource Monitor. Seems that when the problem occurred there was a service that would max out the activity on my SSD, creating a system bottleneck. Once the offending service was stopped the problem went away.
It may be worth keeping resource monitor open whilst running this character to see if anything similar happens.
I've forgotten the name of the service that caused the issue (sorry).

[Mordred_Kishi]

I found the solution. The issue was the windows scheduler, when doing its normal thing and shuffling the processes around the cores, shuffled the game to one of the efficiency cores the new Intel cpus have. When it would shuffle if to an E-core, it would immediately move it back to a p-core. The e-cores are clocked considerably lower than the p-cores which explains the sudden frame drop and return to normal. I set the affinity for the game process to only use p-cores so the game could never be moved to an E-core, and bam! problem solved. I want to thank everyone who gave their input and tried to help me fix the problem, ya'll are awesome! I know i butted heads with 1 particular person and that was probably an unsightly thing to read, so I thank you for still trying regardless of that fact. Have a great adventure!

[Mordred_Kishi]

I was just kidding tbh. but from what iv read if you use mods its likely that those are what are causing your random stuttering and drops. try turning on, or off, use low detail models on distant objects. and your shadow settings. this game is poorly optimized.

otherwise I would check your sound card mounting if you already haven't, there is a frequent reoccuring issue with sound and frame drops and stuttering.

It was stated in the orgional post that I had tried all graphical levels of settings, from maxed, all the way down to the lowest settings, and that iu had run the game completely vanilla (meaning no mods, which was the first thing i did cause i assumed they caused the problem tbh).

Also, dont have a soundcard, so cant exactly re-seat it haha (but for real, ff14 and sound problems causing the game to crash is a tale as old as time, and quite an annoying one at that). Issue has been fixed, answer in a reply i made in this thread if you are interested.

[Mordred_Kishi]

Also, try to see if your sound card needs updates or if disabling other aplications while playing could solve it. Don't use addons, mods or anything in the same folder of the game.

If I was in your skin, I'd level up another char "just in case" I end up giving up and deleting the char. xD

Since it's seems to be an issue with only one char, maybe it's some error in his data or on your end or on the SE server's end. In any way, this might end up in the char being deleted to solve the problem.

It was stated in my original post that i had ran the game from the vanilla launcher completely vanilla (sop no mods). Also did the clean boot and issue still persisted. If you are interested in what the fix was, i made a reply to this thread detailing the fix.