So far, this topic has received 117 votes & 74 replies which is only 14% of votes for the FPS performance - VRAM bug? which currently has 817 votes and 2,820 replies. If this was “literally happening to everyone” I’d expect to see a lot more votes & posts.
The FPS performance–VRAM bug thread dates back to November 2024, and it’s on the general forum. This thread is from five days ago, it’s on the beta forum, and like you said, it already has 14% of the votes of the other one. If that doesn’t tell you something, I can’t help you.
And I know you’re not trying to downplay it by any means, but man, let’s not deny the reality in front of our eyes. By the way, could you share your LOD setting? From what I can tell, the bug gets worse the higher the LOD is