How do I stop the screen tearing on my Sapphire RX 7650 GRE?
During those massive summon battles, the screen was tearing horizontally every time I flicked the camera, which made me seriously doubt the sync capabilities of this Platinum Edition card. I noticed the output frame rate was bouncing wildly between 72 - 105 FPS, and the monitor just couldn't keep up. I first tried forcing V-Sync in the driver, but that was a nightmare—input lag spiked over 42ms, making the controls feel like I was playing in mud. I pivoted and enabled FreeSync in the AMD Software, then manually nudged the refresh rate to 143.7Hz to dodge some weird signal interference. Checking RTSS, the frame times collapsed from a messy 8 - 22ms range down to a tight 6.5 - 7.8ms. I did hit a snag where the screen edges flickered slightly after enabling FreeSync, but switching the cable protocol from 1.4 to 2.1 killed that instantly. Core temps stayed chill at 64 - 70℃ with fans humming at 1300 - 1500 RPM. After a few hours of stress testing, the tearing is gone and the frame times are locked at 6.5 - 7.8ms.
