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Hi so I noticed something weird ever since I started playing valorant. I notice some lines tearing up (not screen tears) or the motion is not quite as uniform when playing on fullscreen mode 1920x1080 or any fullscreen resolution in particular. But when I change it to fullscreen window mode the motion is a lot smoother and no lines tearing.

This is my setup:
Ryzen 5 3600
B450 Aorus Pro Wifi
3200mhz(overclocked to 3600mhz) 16gb Gskill Trident Neo z
Powercolor RX5700
AOC G2590PX 144hz TN Panel

I hit around 400+fps in the range and usually 250 to 300 fps in a normal match.
I also tried enabling and disabling the fullscreen optimizations and disabled freesync or any vsync options but the issue still persists. I can easily notice it while in the range and move my crosshair from left to right fast on the lines on the ground shaped like this \ | /. But as soon as I change to Fullscreen Window everything feels better. It's really bugging me out. Has anyone else noticed it as well?

How do you expect not to get tears in fullscreen if you don't use vsync or freesync and stay below 144FPS? Windowed mode forces vsync on output, so that's why there's no tearing there.

If you want to force vsync on output also in fullscreen mode, you need to enable the "enhanced sync" option in your AMD driver panel. I think it's in the "wait for vertical refresh" preference, where you set it to "enhanced sync."

RealNC wrote: ↑

27 Jan 2022, 06:41

How do you expect not to get tears in fullscreen if you don't use vsync or freesync and stay below 144FPS? Windowed mode forces vsync on output, so that's why there's no tearing there.

Ohhh so that explains it thanks! I really didnt know that if I'm in windowed mode it forces vsync on. Thank you!

I can confirm that when I turned on the enhanced sync it feels like windowed mode now! Just not sure about the input lag hahaha but thank you!