G-Sync Not Working in Borderless / Window Mode - Windows 11

[Frizz]

Hey guys,

Just thought I'd share some findings hoping to help others.

I had a situation whereby G-Sync on some games would turn on at game launch then the indicator would disappear after a few seconds. V-Sync would also completely stop working. This happened in Valorant, FF7 Rebirth and even Expedition 33.

I did many things to reinstall drivers etc. etc. I have finally found the culprit which is Discord.

I turned off Discord Overlay and now my G-Sync works flawlessly in any window, borderless etc.

Hope this helps some members and internet travelers out there.

 

[Visible Noise]

Weird

 

[Frizz]

Weird

Yep, the only way I caught it was when I launched a game G-Sync comes on then turns off as soon as the Discord Overlay welcomes you. Such a mindfck at the start since I had so many apps using the GPU in the background.

 

[ir_cow]

I heard this for other people too. Discord overlay does strange stuff. One of my buddies just had a laggy COD gameplay until it was disabled

 

[OkieDan]

Yep, the only way I caught it was when I launched a game G-Sync comes on then turns off as soon as the Discord Overlay welcomes you. Such a mindfck at the start since I had so many apps using the GPU in the background.

Discord is annoying sometimes. I lost my push to talk sound notification the other day and found out Discord automatically sets you to "streamer mode" if OBS is open, which disables many sound notifications.

 

[Frizz]

Discord is annoying sometimes. I lost my push to talk sound notification the other day and found out Discord automatically sets you to "streamer mode" if OBS is open, which disables many sound notifications.

Ah so thats why I couldn't hear people entering the channel some days LOL.