PC - M26 in fullscreen adjusts the refresh rate to 59hz
When Madden 26 is set to fullscreen, it unexplainably sets the refresh rate to 59hz.
Fullscreen mode allows the application to control the resolution and refresh rate.
Today I installed Madden 22, 24 & 25 on PC and all of them in fullscreen mode set the refresh rate to 120. I have 2 separate monitors, both set at 120hz right now, but this same behavior in M26 also occurs on my LG OLED TV.
This needs to be fixed, borderless window mode is not good for me. No, this is not a setting that can be modified in game by setting the game to 60, 120 or unlocked framerate - this is something different built into the game's fullscreen mode.
Video of M26 on PC fullscreen behavior (sets monitor to 59.95hz): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06DdUjbzXs
Video of Madden 25 on PC fullscreen behavior (works great, keeps monitor @ 120hz): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNY4HVVwfqM
Video of Madden 22 on PC fullscreen behavior (works great, keeps monitor @ 120hz): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtERC-ZGY5c
Video of Madden 24 on PC fullscreen behavior (works great, keeps monitor @ 120hz): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d60YdySgQk
- Things I have tried:
- Full DDU removal of Nvidia drivers, fresh install (August 12, v580.93)
- Setting Madden26.exe to "disable fullscreen optimizations" in the .exe properties
- Multiple monitors and a TV that have different max refresh rates (240, 144, 120)
- Borderless window doesn't control the refresh rate, but it's kind of stuttery for me, which is why I'm troubleshooting fullscreen.
- Setting Madden to 60FPS, 120FPS, unlocked in-game.
- Disabling in-game vsync, disabling vsync in Nvidia app. Setting "max refresh rate" to highest available for M26.exe in Nvidia app.
- Full uninstall of EA app, including cache removal
- Full uninstall of Madden26.
Again, this seems like an application issue - no other game that runs in fullscreen gives me this behavior on my PC.
PC Specs:
Windows 11, RTX 4090 GPU, AMD 9800x3d CPU, 64GB 6,000 MT/s DDR5 RAM, NVME storage.
