Screen tearing even when FPS is locked lower than the refresh rate

[QuietViking]

Lately I have been getting this problem where the framerate completely tanks when zoomed out all the way in the game. I'm aware that the framerate does take a hit normally when you zoom out, but it was abnormally low (as low as 13FPS at times).

So I discovered that the solution to this problem was to disable v-sync. It eliminated the FPS drop issue and the game runs at 100+ FPS most of the time with the FPS unlocked which is great.

But Inevitably it has a huge amount of screen tearing now. I figured the solution was simple just lock the framerate so it doesn't go above my monitor's refresh rate. My monitor's refresh rate is 75hz so I tried locking it at 75FPS. That didn't work, so I tried locking it at 60FPS, still didn't work.

So I'm wondering if this is even possible and if there is a solution to it.

[Just to preface, I checked the nvidia control panel and my system display settings to make sure my monitor is running at 75Hz.]

[Beard]

Tried using the in-game FPS lock or the Nvidia FPS lock?

[QuietViking]

Originally posted by Beard:

Tried using the in-game FPS lock or the Nvidia FPS lock?

I was using the in-game FPS lock, and I just tried locking it with nvidia control panel and got the same result. I'm using the in-game FPS counter as well so I'm sure that it's actually being locked. I have no idea what is going on.

[Beard]

Got Gsync on your monitor perhaps? And have you tried switching between borderless / fullscreen modes?

[QuietViking]

Originally posted by Beard:

Got Gsync on your monitor perhaps? And have you tried switching between borderless / fullscreen modes?

Sorry to leave you hanging. I ended up doing a completely fresh install of Project Zomboid (including the users/zomboid folder) and that solved the original issue I was having with the low FPS, I can use v-sync again without the game looking like a slideshow.

To answer your question though, my monitor does have freesync but it was disabled, and the screen tearing was happening on both borderless and fullscreen. The ghosting reduction "Overdrive" feature was set to normal, but not sure if that would if would affect anything.

Wish I had an answer to the screen tearing since it was such a strange problem but the game is running fine now with V-sync so I'm good.