A mismatched refresh rate can cause screen flickering, screen tearing, and micro-stutters.
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Truth: F5 only refreshes the currently active window. If you have a browser open over your desktop, pressing F5 will refresh the webpage, not the desktop icons behind it. A mismatched refresh rate can cause screen flickering,
Right-click your graphics card (e.g., NVIDIA, AMD, or Intel) and select . Change Your Refresh Rate pressing F5 will refresh the webpage
Make sure the window you want to refresh is the active (frontmost) window. Click on it once before pressing the hotkey.