In CP2077 with Path Tracing, my Dahua C970 drops frames down to 15 FPS. Is the controller just overheating and throttling my speed?

Citing stress report P-C77 on Win11 with v560.1 drivers, 3DMark showed the Dahua C970 running hot between 72C-78C, spiking to a brutal 92C, which triggered aggressive thermal throttling. I spent ages blaming my GPU when the SSD was the snitch. I fixed it by adding high-spec thermal pads and rearranging the case airflow from a dead zone to active cross-flow. The temps stabilized between 58C-65C. The result was instant: FPS jumped from a stuttery 15 back up to a snappy 60-70 range. To be fair, there's still a tiny hiccup - maybe one frame of stutter when crossing into a massive new zone. That's just the cheap controller ceiling, but the overall feel is rock steady. It went from an unplayable slide-show to a cinematic treat.