Thanks for the thoughts, how about your systems? Better than mine probably huh? Never noticed anything similar.

sapi:

yeah that post was mine but after a while I noticed that it was happening on all battles and not just custom, it was just more noticeable in custom battles. The problem is baffling because the game looks choppy even if I tone down everything.

Looks like I'll just have to reinstall and see if that helps... maybe I'll even reformat my pc. (PS yeah I have the latest drivers )