Good afternoon fellow adventurers!

as the title states i am having a frame hitching problem where ill be running around, my frames will drop by a chunk then rebound immediately. This is visually noticeable and looks like....well imagine you were running irl and someone bumped your shoulder. theres that microsecond of everything simingly stopping then staring again.

Theres no screen tearing.

System specs:
  • windows 11
  • 12700kf
  • 980 pro nvme
  • rtx 3080

I have tried just about everything under the sun:
  • reinstalled the game
  • ran ddu and then reinstalled my gpu driver
  • tried all frame limiting options in game, including not having them limited at all
  • turned vsyn on and off in nvidia control panel
  • tried it with gsyn on and off
  • tried windowed and full screen
  • turned off all my OCs, cpu, gpu, and ram
  • dumped my character data folder and let the game remake it

no over heating is taking place
issue happens on any and all resolutions