Fixing screen tearing on Vastarmor RX 9060 XT 16GB in Avowed

That horizontal tearing during high-paced combat felt absolutely miserable, so I decided to dig into the telemetry. While the Vastarmor RX 9060 XT 16GB Black Alloy core clock stayed stable around 2400MHz, the output frame rate was oscillating between 58-65 FPS, creating a massive phase mismatch with my 144Hz monitor. My first instinct was to toggle V-Sync in-game, but that bloated my input lag to 45ms, making the controls feel like I was wading through mud—completely unacceptable. I scrapped all in-game sync options and instead enabled AMD Enhanced Sync and Low Latency mode via the Radeon control panel. Using a frame time analyzer, I saw the generation intervals tighten from 18-25ms down to a consistent 14-16ms, and the tearing vanished. I did hit a snag where I accidentally disabled full-screen optimizations, which caused the game to crash repeatedly until I reset the system defaults. GPU temps stayed between 64-69°C with fans humming at 1300 RPM. Comparing the before and after, the fluidity is night and day while temps remain at 64-69°C.
Category:Troubleshooting Last updated:February 15, 2026 8:41 AM