Also I might be describing the issue wrong. In Retroarch when I put the fps indicator on it does stay close to 60 when I play SMB, but when I run in the game it’ll just sort of skips for a moment…almost like the screen blinked. That’s frame drop right? Then why does my counter still say I’m maintaining 60 fps?

Yes, 60 fps seems fine on YouTube.

The TV only has HDMI so I would need DP to HDMI right?