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Pixelated/Distorted Windows Cursor Issue with Razer Synapse on Dual-Monitor Setup (Basilisk V3 + Ornata V3)

  • September 8, 2026
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soloCobaltBlueCORAL408

Hi everyone,

I'm experiencing a very frustrating issue with my Windows mouse cursor on a dual monitor setup (NVIDIA RTX 3060 GPU).

The Issue: My main Windows mouse cursor gets distorted and pixelated during normal operation.

Key Observation:

  • When I press the Print Screen key using the screenshot tool Greenshot, or right after restarting explorer.exe, the cursor immediately looks completely normal, sharp, and smooth.

  • Once Windows finishes loading/rendering in the background, the cursor reverts back to being distorted. This confirms the cursor image files themselves are intact and it's a hardware cursor overlay/rendering conflict.

What I've already tried (without success):

  • Closing Razer Synapse or removing it from autostart (the issue still persists)

  • Resetting Windows cursor schemes and registry settings (Cursors path, Shadow value)

  • Disabling "Enhance pointer precision" and pointer trails

  • Adjusting DPI scaling (both displays set to 100%) and matching refresh rates

  • Switching GPU scaling options in NVIDIA Control Panel

  • Changing polling rates (1000Hz / 500Hz / 125Hz) in Razer Synapse

Even though closing Synapse didn't fix it, I still need Synapse running for my custom key bindings (button mapped to 'V') and my Chroma lighting setup across my Basilisk V3 and Ornata V3.

Has anyone encountered this GPU/DWM hardware cursor corruption issue before, or is there a specific setting/workaround to force Windows or the NVIDIA driver to render the cursor cleanly without distortion?

Thanks for any help!