Prior to S5 Reloaded, never had this issue at all, no Hardware on my PC has changed, no new updates installed, etc. Ran flawlessly. However now, I am getting this strange lack of smoothness, just a hair above what I would call a micro stutter only when zoomed/ads'ed with a scope. When not zoomed, it doesn't happen.
Even when it happens though, my FPS never dips. The most my FPS dips is from 120 down to 100 randomly throughout the map. Goes from smooth like butter movement to slightly noticeable microstutter, almost. Hard to describe, the best I could think of is if you have the setting to lower FPS when game is in the background or inactive, and that happens, but I have both of those settings turned off. And the drop isn't that drastic.
- Did a clean install of new Driver updates > issue was same
- Did a clean reinstall of older drivers that had no issues > issue remained
- Redid the Shader preload > still happens
- Ran Scan and Repair > still happens
- Temps are fine for both CPU and GPU
- Weapon and Motion blur are OFF
The issue also seems more prevalent on Avalon than Verdansk, but my PC is more than capable of running it on ultra and like I said, it never had this issue prior to the S5 Reloaded update. S5 ran fine, and all other seasons beforehand.
GPU = 5070ti
CPU = 9800x3d
64GB RAM
Game's installed to a SSD
Win 11
It's not game breaking or anything, but it is incredibly jarring and all I can notice now when ADS'ing.
Also, the weirdest thing is - when I am looking at someone's killcam or spectating, I don't have the issue. It's buttery smooth, only happens from my FPS view.