Pia Haddad

ahh classic for podcast recording, stability matters more than the newest game opitmizations. if there's a separate stable/studio/recommended branch, that's usually the better fit.

Driver updates do sometimes include security fixes, sooo i wouldnt stay on a very old version forever. But waiting a week or two after release to see if a hotfix appears is perfectly reasonable. worked for me anyway 🤷

respectfully disagree, i tried that and it made upgrade worse just my 2 cents

Frame time consistency is often where a CPU upgrade shows up, not average FPS. Stutters and 1% lows improve even when averages barely move.

Check that the driver install didn't reset your control panel settings (power management mode, low latency mode, V Sync, frame caps). A clean install resets everything to defaults, which can feel like a performance change.

After a driver update, games often rebuild their shader cache, which causes stutter for the first sessions. Give it a couple of runs, or clear the driver sahder cache manually in the control panel / %LocalAppData% cache folder and let it…

uhh is it lower average FPS, or mainly stutter?