What could cause 1% lows and frametime spikes with an RTX 4080 Super?

[VioletR]

I just upgraded to a 4080 Super expecting a huge leap, but my 1% lows in Cyberpunk still feel pretty rough even with DLSS. I’m not sure if it’s a driver issue, a Windows setting, or something else entirely that’s causing these frametime spikes.

[Natalie_S]

I upgraded to a 4080 Super last year and still see odd 1% lows in crowded Cyberpunk scenes, even with all the fancy options turned on.

[GaryM]

I've done driver clean installs and fiddled with Windows settings, and those lows stayed stubbornly in the same range.

[JerryL]

I rolled the driver back to a version from months ago when the lows were worse, and it helped a bit but didn't fix it.

[EvelynVH]

Do you think this is the real problem or could background CPU tasks be the real culprit?

[Jeffrey85]

I keep chasing shader caches or patch notes, only to find the problem lingering and moving around.