It helps to mention the resolution you play at and CPU model i7-what? Saying I7 alone is not helpful, there are many generations.
I have a 3080 as well, 5800x and 3440x1440p, and am certainly not "lucky my fps is usually around 30 " so either your observations are wrong or something else SW/HW is very wrong, or both.
i7 13700k
4080 rtx
32 gb
m2 ssd
240 hz oled corsair xeneon ( though even my buddy with a 4090 doesnt reach 240 fps so capped at 144)
usually stable at 144 fps capped
ragdolls at 15, everything above and i bite my ass not having bought an i9 right away.
dlss at quality
there are some strange cache issues were a map starts choppy for no reason whatsoever and after a few meters it “pops” and goes back to 144 fps with nothing different at the screen really.
seems like the map ain´t loaded properly up to this point or something.
i tended to keep more of an eye on the fps counter in the upper left corner than anything else, so apart from the latest map where i had fps counter off i can say 144 fps in 99% of a usual auric maelstrom match.
sure some spawn heaps and effects thrown into can cause a dip but thats about it.
ps:
ironically i was asked in one of my recent uploads what rig i use for it looks so “smooth” 
the thing is, i don´t know darktide in any other condition, shortly after i tested it on my old 2080 rtx, at the time of beta/release, i bought a new rig.
I’m bit hardcore Asus 360hz monitor 1080p. Texture quality at high, everything to low/off.
More FPS means lowest input latency, even when FPS exceeds monitor refresh rate.
Funnily enough I have a monster rig, and had trouble with weird stutters even in valheim, that didn’t impact fps directly and i was so confused to what the hell was going on with all new parts I almost thought I got a faulty graphics card. Well as it turns out in one of the hardware components had a 1 year subscription of norton, that i unknowingly installed along and the abysmal gaming enhancing software they use wrecked any fluidity upon ridding myself of that filth i could experience the bliss…
yep that damn bloatware can be a bane of any gamer.
luckily you found out and got it fixed.
now if we dive down the modding-rabbit-hole that is fallout new vegas though… 
40 fps in fiend territory around camp mccarren and woe be upon ye if you installed lighting effects for glowing ghouls.
weeks passed since i found that mod-culprit for tanking my fps… weeks 
ive been consistently one of those lucky MFs. I ran the game on a ryzen i5 3600 6 core and a 1660 Super on medium with average 50-60 FPS. I JUST upgraded to a 2070 and now do 100~112 on slightly better settings.
i can give you my settings & shader pack, we run close systems specs.
i play at smooth 90-120
a video for reference, top left it shows FPS
it helps to post my resolution ? how xD as i said this has nothing to do with my computer since the game was running smooth until the penance update… and i am not the only one who still has the issues and audio stuttering. also 5800 and 1920x1080 lowest settings fyi… I used to play on high settings be4 this hestia update… lowering it didnt gain me anything tbh it looks the same and lags the same. cant play anyways like this… i guess holiday month is more important now than the ignored ppl that still wait a half year for a hotfix that shouldve been done in 1 day of april… wish i could get my money back for this scam of a game
I like how people post their size of the screen but not resolution.
scaling is ew
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