Why is my Gigabyte RTX 5060 Gaming OC tearing during fast turns?

During intense combat, I noticed frequent horizontal tears across the middle of the screen, which looked absolutely hideous at 2K resolution. While my Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING OC 8G core clock was hovering between 2400-2600MHz, the frame times were jumping wildly from 12-28ms, creating a massive phase offset between the GPU output and the monitor's refresh rate. I initially tried enabling V-Sync in-game, but that was a nightmare—input lag spiked to 45ms, making the controls feel like I was playing through molasses. I pivoted to the NVIDIA Control Panel, set Low Latency Mode to 'Ultra', and capped the max frame rate at 141 FPS to stay just under my 144Hz refresh limit. Monitoring via RTSS showed the frame time curve finally flatten out to a tight 6.9-7.2ms range, and the tearing vanished. I did notice some slight micro-stuttering after the cap, but enabling G-Sync Compatible mode smoothed everything out. Core temps stayed steady at 62-68℃ with fans at 1600 RPM. The final benchmark confirms the sync strategy is rock steady at 6.9-7.2ms.
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