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#4777Steam overlay flickers at 144 Hz with Game Mode on
ConfirmedHighGaming · reported by Teo Marchetti
The overlay redraws every other frame on high-refresh panels.
Workaround. Cap the overlay refresh at 60 in Game Mode settings. Games themselves still run at full rate.
Steps to reproduce
- Enable Game Mode.
- Open the overlay in any title at 144 Hz.
Progress
2 of 5- Reported
Filed as issue #4777 on GitHub.
- Confirmed
Reproduced at 120 and 144 Hz on three panels.
- Assigned
Not yet. It needs someone who knows the compositor’s frame pacing.
- Fix merged
Not yet.
- Shipped
Lands in the next release after the fix merges.
Same at 120 Hz on a Deck OLED docked to a monitor. Capping the overlay at 60 fixes it for me.
Confirmed on three panels. It is the overlay presenting on a different clock from the game. Not a small fix; it needs the compositor to hand the overlay its own pacing.
Still present on 1.4.2 for anyone searching. The 60 Hz cap remains the workaround.