all drivers are up to day. all settings are on low or disabled with the exception of sampling, which is 100%.
i have a
evga gtx 970 FTW SC
16g kingston hyperX ram.
plenty of hard drive space yadda yadda.
amd FX(tm)-4130 quadcore 3.80ghz.
i did the notepad, change max frames ahead to 1 and...