Tried updating everything mentioned except BIOS until now,
All graphics are at the lowest settings.
Tried changing window modes.
Frame rates dropped to 30, and even to 15 to make sure.
Disabling music or sound effects doesn’t seem to be making much difference.
I did notice 1 strange things after all these many restarts -
Sometimes, when the game starts, the problem is barely noticeable… I could say it may as well not be noticeable on these rare occasions. However, even at these instances, just playing through 1 or 2 zones causes the stutters to appear in force, and stay.
Finally, when I had those instances when they seemed to be gone/almost gone, I later try to restart the game with the same settings, and it seems the sound issues are back right on trying to play a character.
In other words, it doesn’t “go away” consistently on those same settings.
All I can think of is to try the bios issue and see it that works, but otherwise, no luck so far.
Thanks for trying to help.