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Bazzite•5w ago•
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Why do certain steam games freeze the display if their window is focused?

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There are some games on steam that if they are in full screen or borderless and the window is focused, the display freezes completely but unfreezes if you alt-tab (or any method of switching windows) to a different window then it unfreezes until you go back the the game window. Does anyone know why a game might not have this issue the day before but the next day, it does? (game and base system had no updates) I am seeking for a more technical answer since I don't think this issue is on Bazzite's end.
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I'm gonna place the real solution here as well. I completely resolved this issue for disabling the allowing of screen tearing in full screen windows. Unchecking the box that is circled in red completely eliminated the issue.
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