Big FPS drops consistantly

[equ1nox]

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Environment questions

GTA V version: Latest
**Up to date:**Yes
**Legit or Pirate copy:**Legit
**Purchased where - Steam/Rockstar Launcher/Epic:**Steam
**Windows version:**21H2
**Did you try to delete content_index.xml and try again?**Yes
System specifications: i5 6402P, 16GB RAM, GTX 970 4GB
**CitizenFX crash zip file (‘Save information’ on a crash):**N/A
logs/CitizenFX_log files: [ 703] [b2545_DumpServ] 10440/ DumpServer is active and wai - Pastebin.com
.dmp files/report IDs:

Important parts

What is the issue you’re having?

Every couple of seconds, I get large FPS drops for about half a second no matter where I am and what im doing. Even if I am in the GTA Pause Menu, I still get these drops when my mouse freezes. Also, I get the Call to Windows API took to long and led to game stutter error as well.

What are you trying to do?

Trying to play at a smooth FPS

What have you tried already to fix the issue?

Restart PC
Reduce Graphics Settings
Reinstall FiveM
Reinstall Windows 10
Close every running task except Steam
Turn off AntiVirus
Game Mode On/Off
Reinstall Graphics Driver using DDU

Error screenshot (if any):

ETW Trace: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GNMHplC4FkzPOzczpQlK6QF2YT5by2wp/view?usp=sharing

What did you do to get this issue?

Nothing. Recently got into FiveM and experienced these issues

What server did you get this issue on? Be specific and name some, ‘all of them’ by itself isn’t useful!

EchoRP, Arena

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