diff --git a/docs/development/game-environment.md b/docs/development/game-environment.md
index 57c88bd92..060a7fbae 100644
--- a/docs/development/game-environment.md
+++ b/docs/development/game-environment.md
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ A Unity game under FEX (`UnityPlayer.dll` for Windows builds under Proton,
 turns it off: without TSO such games can deadlock or crash (seen with Megabonk
 and Crab Game). A FEX preset chosen for the game itself still applies.
 
+Games launched through Proton get `vblank_mode=0`, so OpenGL does not wait for
+each screen refresh. Wine asks for a swap interval of 1 on every OpenGL window, and WineD3D's front-buffer
+drawing (DirectDraw, Direct3D 1–7) never lowers it, so those games ran at the
+refresh rate even with no frame limit (AIO Direct3D 7: 144 fps at 144 Hz, about
+2,260 with the wait off). Steam's Frame Limit still holds a game: while it is on,
+gamescope's WSI layer presents every swapchain in FIFO at the limit. A
+`vblank_mode` from the launch options or the environment editor is kept, and
+**Remove** in the editor leaves Mesa's own default.
+
 ## Defaults and available suggestions
 
 The initial configuration enables Mesa shader caching with
diff --git a/tools/linuxfs/overlay/usr/local/bin/droiddeck-game-env b/tools/linuxfs/overlay/usr/local/bin/droiddeck-game-env
index 025d84d26..6f665494e 100755
--- a/tools/linuxfs/overlay/usr/local/bin/droiddeck-game-env
+++ b/tools/linuxfs/overlay/usr/local/bin/droiddeck-game-env
@@ -432,6 +432,16 @@ def cpu_topology(env, command=()):
     print("droiddeck-game-env: Windows sees %d cores (%s)" % (len(cores), env["WINE_CPU_TOPOLOGY"]), file=sys.stderr)
 
 
+def gl_vsync(env):
+    """OpenGL stops waiting for each screen refresh; Steam's Frame Limit still holds the game through gamescope."""
+    # Wine asks for interval 1 on every GL window, and WineD3D's front-buffer drawing (DirectDraw,
+    # Direct3D 1-7) never lowers it, so those games ran at the refresh rate with no limit set.
+    if "vblank_mode" in env or game_id(env) is None:
+        return False
+    env["vblank_mode"] = "0"
+    return True
+
+
 def apply_config(env, config, app_id, fixes=None):
     if config.get("version") != 1:
         raise ValueError("unsupported environment configuration")
@@ -729,6 +739,7 @@ def main():
         digest = None
     app_id = game_id(env)
     if app_id:
+        gl_default = gl_vsync(env)
         waiting = len(command) > 1 and command[1] == "waitforexitandrun"
         fixes = {}
         if waiting:
@@ -761,6 +772,8 @@ def main():
             env = apply_game_debug_logs(env, config, debug_dir)
             if env is not before_debug:
                 print("droiddeck-game-env: game debug logs enabled for this launch", file=sys.stderr)
+        if gl_default and env.get("vblank_mode") == "0":
+            print("droiddeck-game-env: OpenGL does not wait for the screen refresh (vblank_mode=0)", file=sys.stderr)
     if app_id and len(command) > 1 and command[1] == "waitforexitandrun":
         command = offline_without_anticheat(command, env)
     if mic_enabled == "0":
diff --git a/tools/tests/test_esync_packs.py b/tools/tests/test_esync_packs.py
index 7ba20b448..25a0de711 100644
--- a/tools/tests/test_esync_packs.py
+++ b/tools/tests/test_esync_packs.py
@@ -1085,7 +1085,8 @@ class LauncherTest(SyncTestCase):
         self.assertEqual([call[:2] for call in calls], [(str(dist / "proton"), [str(dist / "proton")] + command[1:]),
                                                         (str(tool / "proton"), command)])
         self.assertEqual((calls[0][2]["WINEESYNC"], calls[0][2]["PROTON_NO_ESYNC"], calls[0][2]["BL_SYNC_PACK"]), ("0", "1", pack["id"]))
-        self.assertEqual(calls[1][2], self.env(STEAM_COMPAT_APP_ID="2630", PROTON_NO_NTSYNC="1", BL_SYNC="0", WINEESYNC="1"))
+        self.assertEqual(calls[1][2], self.env(STEAM_COMPAT_APP_ID="2630", PROTON_NO_NTSYNC="1", BL_SYNC="0", WINEESYNC="1",
+                                               vblank_mode="0"))
         self.assertIn("could not start (", said.getvalue())
 
     def test_generated_launchers_run_the_dist_proton(self):
diff --git a/tools/tests/test_game_environment.py b/tools/tests/test_game_environment.py
index ebb611036..0585fc57f 100644
--- a/tools/tests/test_game_environment.py
+++ b/tools/tests/test_game_environment.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import hashlib
+import io
 import json
 import os
 import shutil
@@ -586,6 +587,39 @@ class GameEnvironmentTest(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(env.get("WINE_CPU_TOPOLOGY"), expected, env)
             self.assertEqual(env.get("PROTON_CPU_TOPOLOGY"), proton, env)
 
+    def test_opengl_games_do_not_wait_for_the_screen_refresh(self):
+        cases = [
+            ({}, "0"),
+            ({"STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH": "/steam/compatdata/-686078602"}, "0"),
+            ({"vblank_mode": "2"}, "2"),
+            ({"vblank_mode": ""}, ""),
+            ({"STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH": "/steam/compatdata/0"}, None),
+            ({"STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH": ""}, None),
+        ]
+        for env, expected in cases:
+            env.setdefault("STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH", "/steam/compatdata/3608888694")
+            added = expected == "0" and "vblank_mode" not in env
+            self.assertEqual(MODULE["gl_vsync"](env), added, env)
+            self.assertEqual(env.get("vblank_mode"), expected, env)
+        said = "OpenGL does not wait for the screen refresh"
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            probe = Path(tmp) / "probe"
+            probe.write_text("#!" + sys.executable + "\nimport os\nprint(os.environ.get('vblank_mode', 'unset'))\n")
+            probe.chmod(0o755)
+            config = Path(tmp) / ".config/droiddeck/game-environment.json"
+            config.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+            for inherited, edits, expected in (({}, None, "0"), ({"vblank_mode": "3"}, None, "3"),
+                                               ({}, {"vblank_mode": None}, "unset"), ({}, {"vblank_mode": "2"}, "2"),
+                                               ({"vblank_mode": "3"}, {"vblank_mode": None}, "unset")):
+                with self.subTest(inherited=inherited, edits=edits):
+                    config.write_text(json.dumps({"version": 1, "games": {"42": edits or {}}}))
+                    env = {name: value for name, value in os.environ.items() if name != "vblank_mode"}
+                    env.update(HOME=tmp, STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="/compatdata/42", **inherited)
+                    result = subprocess.run([sys.executable, str(BIN / "droiddeck-game-env"), str(probe), "waitforexitandrun"],
+                                            env=env, text=True, capture_output=True, check=True)
+                    self.assertEqual(result.stdout.strip(), expected)
+                    self.assertEqual(said in result.stderr, expected == "0" and not inherited, result.stderr)
+
     def test_windows_cpu_0_is_the_fastest_core(self):
         os_mod = MODULE["os"]
         pocket_fit = {0: 379, 1: 379, 2: 923, 3: 923, 4: 923, 5: 867, 6: 867, 7: 1024}