Why does Nightingale stall for 5 seconds on Vastarmor RX 9060 XT?

Switching between floating islands felt like a broken game. Loading stalls lasted over 5 seconds, completely ruining the open-world flow. I tried rolling back to an older driver version, but it made things worse, extending the stall to 8 seconds and causing black screens. I used the GamePP Peripheral Driver Conflict Detector to identify the issue and updated to driver version 24.10.1, disabling the background auto-update service. RTSS monitoring confirmed scene loading latency dropped from 5.2s to 1.5s. The in-game performance monitor showed stable 65-72°C temperatures. This fix restored the seamless exploration I expected from the game.