How to stop image tearing on Gigabyte RTX 5060 Gaming OC?

I was seeing these aggressive horizontal tear lines across the screen, and it made the combat feel completely disjointed. Looking at the logs, the default drivers for the Gigabyte RTX 5060 Gaming OC had a random sync offset of 4-8 ms when pushing 144 Hz. My first instinct was to turn on V-Sync in-game, but that was a disaster—input lag spiked to 50 ms, and it felt like I was playing in molasses. I ended up doing a clean wipe with DDU, installed the latest game-ready drivers, and cranked the Low Latency Mode to 'Ultra' in the NVIDIA Control Panel. Checking RTSS, the frame time jitter dropped from a wild 11-25 ms range down to a rock-solid 6.8-8.2 ms, and the tearing just vanished. I did notice some slight micro-stutters right after enabling Ultra mode, but that went away once I set the Power Management Mode to 'Prefer Maximum Performance.' The GPU stayed between 62-68℃ with the fans at 1600 RPM. Everything is finally aligned, though the coil whine is a bit more noticeable now.
Category:Troubleshooting Last updated:April 6, 2026 5:26 PM