Hey everyone,

I'm experiencing a really strange stuttering issue in Battlefield 3 (campaign mode) — the game runs at 200+ FPS consistently, but every time I fire a weapon, there's a massive stutter only during the recoil reset phase (on the way down). It momentarily feels like the game drops to 10–15 FPS for a split second, making gunfights feel completely janky and unplayable.

What I’ve Tried:
Updated PunkBuster manually

Toggled and tested all graphics settings (VSync, motion blur, etc.)

Added various community .cfg tweaks to the BF3 directory

Used the -GameTime.MaxVariableFps command line argument to limit FPS

Disabled full screen optimizations and enabled compatibility modes

Tested with different polling rates and DPI on my mouse

Disabled overlays (GeForce Experience, Steam, Discord, etc.)

Disabled HAGS, Game Mode, and tried different power plans

Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

GPU: RTX 3090

RAM: 64 GB DDR5 @ 6000 MHz

Monitor: LG 1440p 480Hz OLED (G-SYNC on/off both tested)

Notes:
This only seems to happen during the recoil animation reset, not during firing itself.

I haven't tested multiplayer yet — this happens consistently in campaign.

The issue is not CPU/GPU bound — usage is very low when it occurs.

Recoil stutter happens with any weapon tested so far.

Would really appreciate if anyone has run into this and found a fix, or if there's something deeper in the engine config I should look into.

Thanks in advance!