Mass Effect keeps stuttering during dialogue on my Gainward RTX 5070 Ti, do I need to adjust VM?

Every time a key conversation started, the game would randomly hitch, and that sudden frame drop caused by aggressive frequency switching gave me serious anxiety. My Gainward RTX 5070 Ti was bouncing erratically between 1200 MHz and 2500 MHz, causing frame times to spike from 6ms to 40ms in a heartbeat. I tried cranking the settings to Ultra to force a higher load, but that was a disaster—core temps shot past 85℃ and the fans sounded like a jet engine taking off in my room. I quickly realized that wasn't the way. Instead, I went into the NVIDIA Control Panel and switched the Power Management Mode to 'Prefer Maximum Performance,' then used MSI Afterburner to lock the core clock at a steady 2450 MHz. Looking at the RTSS graph, the frame generation time finally flattened out to 7-9ms, and that unsettling jitter completely vanished. I did notice my idle power draw jumped by about 30W at first, but I managed to mitigate that by optimizing my Windows power plan. Now, the GPU stays between 65-71℃ with VRAM usage around 11.2-13.5GB. The stutters are gone, and the input response finally feels snappy and connected to my fingertips.