How to fix screen tearing with Gigabyte RTX 5060 AERO OC 8G?
The card is a beast, but the screen tearing was so bad it looked like the image was being sliced with scissors—absolutely brutal on the eyes. The Gigabyte RTX 5060 AERO OC 8G pushes 300+ FPS at 1080p, but my monitor is stuck at 144Hz, creating a massive mismatch and 2-3 obvious horizontal tears. I tried locking the game to 144 FPS, but the input lag became unbearable; it felt like I was dragging my mouse through mud, which is basically suicide in Valorant. I eventually went into the NVIDIA Control Panel, forced G-Sync Compatible mode, and capped the max frame rate at 141 FPS to avoid the V-Sync lag trap. Using a frame time analyzer, the chaotic 3-15ms intervals instantly converged to a stable 6.9-7.1ms. I noticed some slight brightness flickering right after enabling sync, but switching the monitor response time from 'Extreme' to 'Standard' fixed it. GPU core temps are now 55-62℃ with VRAM usage stable at 4.2-5.1 GB. After exporting the NVIDIA profile, the fans stay steady at 1400-1600 RPM.
