Hi hi! o/
I am at my wits end trying to figure out these odd frame drop/lag spikes that have cropped up on 5/10/26. About every 30 seconds to a minute, I have a short burst of lag that lasts about a second that causes the game to stutter and drop frames (roughly 20-30). I had no issues playing the game in the morning on Sunday but all of a sudden into the night, these frame stutters have started to appear. These stutters don't coincide with any particular action and happen randomly no matter if I am running about, in a dungeon or browsing the marketboard. They also only happen within FFXIV as I haven't noticed the issue in any other game I have tested. I have checked through task manager and network and there are no noticeable spikes in CPU/Memory/Ethernet/GPU/Network/Ping when these spikes occur that would point to a bottleneck anywhere. Any help or suggestions is appreciated as I am running out of options to try and I can't reliable run any duties until it is fixed. Thank you so much for your help! I play on the Crystal servers.
My Specs:
Things I have tried to no avail:
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I am at my wits end trying to figure out these odd frame drop/lag spikes that have cropped up on 5/10/26. About every 30 seconds to a minute, I have a short burst of lag that lasts about a second that causes the game to stutter and drop frames (roughly 20-30). I had no issues playing the game in the morning on Sunday but all of a sudden into the night, these frame stutters have started to appear. These stutters don't coincide with any particular action and happen randomly no matter if I am running about, in a dungeon or browsing the marketboard. They also only happen within FFXIV as I haven't noticed the issue in any other game I have tested. I have checked through task manager and network and there are no noticeable spikes in CPU/Memory/Ethernet/GPU/Network/Ping when these spikes occur that would point to a bottleneck anywhere. Any help or suggestions is appreciated as I am running out of options to try and I can't reliable run any duties until it is fixed. Thank you so much for your help! I play on the Crystal servers.
My Specs:
- Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
- ASUS Z890 MAX Gaming Wifi 7
- 32 GB XPG DDR5-6000MHz
- MSI Shadow 3X GeForce RTX 5070 Ti - 16GB GDDR7 (DLSS 4.5)
- 850 Watt
Things I have tried to no avail:
- Restored Game Data/Freshly Installed the Game
- Restored everything to default settings
- Restarted my Modem
- Unchecked Fullscreen Optimizations
- Made sure VSync is off
- Added exceptions to antivirus
- Changed my display setting to better match
- Made sure all drivers and software are updated
- Switched game to a different drive
- Downgraded the refresh rate of my monitors
- Switched between the different full screen modes
- Shut down any and all apps and extra processes and run FFXIV alone
- Disconnect all USB devices
- Swapped out my mouse for a different mouse
- Downgraded to multiple older Nvidia drivers and tested each one
- Manually installed newer Nvidia drivers and tested
- Watched event viewer and there is no errors or warnings created when the lag hits.
- Turned off Device Association Root Enumerator
- Tried different variations of turning on/off VSync through Nvidia Control Panel and Nvidia app
- Matched Display Frame Rate/Capped it at 60/Capped it at 30
- Checked Tracert for any ISP issues
- Set 3D Resolution Scaling to 99
- Tried to set UI to High Resolution
- Connected ALL USB accessories
- Unplugged VR Headset and unplugged 2nd Monitor
- Disabled USB Selective Suspend Setting
- Turned off all Power Saving options in Advanced Settings
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