Heavy Stuttering after a short time of butter-smooth performance: help me troubleshoot the issue

Well, you have 12 GB, I assume, so if you load up enough custom airports and scenery with a complex aircraft, you fill the dedicated VRAM up pretty quick. When it gets full the GPU starts swapping things in and out. There’s inherent lag when this happens. If your Dedicated GPU memory goes above 12 GB you should see a lot of activity in the Copy box.