My Monitor's G-Sync Malfunctions After Alt-Tabbing Out Of A Game In Windows 11

[Microsoft Windows]

I just bought an Asus TUF Gaming VG249QL3A monitor. It has FreeSync Premium and it's certified to be G-Sync compatible. I plugged it to my RTX 3050 laptop through an HDMI 2.0 slot.I set the refresh rate to the full 180hz through the Nvidia Control Panel and enabled G-Sync on Fullscreen mode. I set this new monitor as my primary one, as opposed to the laptop screen, which is currently disabled.In games, everything works fine as it changes the refresh rate according to the frame rate. That is until I try to alt-tab out of a game. The monitor keeps whatever refresh rate it was getting even when i

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