In the end it was the stupid ethernet cable
Posted: 27 Jul 2022, 15:13
A couple of years ago I started getting into csgo, I had an old dell pc with a tape modded xeon x3363, was playing on 120 fps with a 60hz monitor and I was having a good time. After a while I moved to another apartment and I started to play csgo more seriously. At first I didn't notice anything strange as I was still a noob but I would start to feel something is off soon. The issues I was having would persist over 2 years and after changing 2 computers.
The usual suspects were as you can imagine, bad hitreg, inconsistent sensitivity, input lag (pulling the mouse down to spray and bullets still went over enemies heads), getting killed by noobs who seemed to prefire me (when checking the demo nothing seemed out of the ordinary with their peeks yet from my pov I saw them for a split second and then die instantly). After many optimizations and getting a pretty powerful pc, my only gripe would remain the mouse feel.
Over the last two years I upgraded my whole setup
monitor: 60hz>75hz>240hz
cpu: xeon x3363>i5 3570k>ryzen 5600x
ram: 800mhz>1600mhz>3600mhz
gpu: old radeon>gt 1030>gtx 1060
mouse: old noname>g305>viper mini
I did all the optimizations I could find to maximize fps and reduce input lag what I felt helped the most was:
-Disabling realtek audio
-Using another power socket in my house that had grounding, initially I was using the pc with the socket I had in my room but because it's an older building it didn't have grounding so I used an extension cord for the socket in the hallway
-Using a custom windows iso
-Using MarkC fix and m_rawinput 0
-Capping my fps using the nvidia driver and leaving low latency mode disabled
-Lastly, this made the mouse movement feel a little bit normal, I set most the voltages in bios fixed instead of auto and disabled SMT(multithreading)
All the settings would change the mouse feel, sometimes I felt like I figured it out or some days the game ran perfectly. I would no longer get killed by complete noobs but I still struggled against more experienced players.
Last week I started reading through this forum again to see if there are some new tweaks that people came up with and I stumble across this topic by lowel, God bless him: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10221
I realized the ethernet cable is the only thing I never thought to change since moving here so I just unplug it and start killing bots. I was blown away, I forgot how it felt to really have a connection between the hand and what is happening on the screen. Plugging the cable back in made the feeling worse again so I swapped it with a new one I had lying around but never thought to use and low and behold, that one didn't give any issues. Gave it a week to make sure it wasn't placebo and I am happy to say none of the issues I had before came back.
I don't know if there is any moral of the story here, I just wish I caught this earlier though I am still happy I learned a lot about hardware and software along the way. Hope everyone finds what their issue is, it can be pretty angering sometimes not being able to enjoy the game you love so much.
The usual suspects were as you can imagine, bad hitreg, inconsistent sensitivity, input lag (pulling the mouse down to spray and bullets still went over enemies heads), getting killed by noobs who seemed to prefire me (when checking the demo nothing seemed out of the ordinary with their peeks yet from my pov I saw them for a split second and then die instantly). After many optimizations and getting a pretty powerful pc, my only gripe would remain the mouse feel.
Over the last two years I upgraded my whole setup
monitor: 60hz>75hz>240hz
cpu: xeon x3363>i5 3570k>ryzen 5600x
ram: 800mhz>1600mhz>3600mhz
gpu: old radeon>gt 1030>gtx 1060
mouse: old noname>g305>viper mini
I did all the optimizations I could find to maximize fps and reduce input lag what I felt helped the most was:
-Disabling realtek audio
-Using another power socket in my house that had grounding, initially I was using the pc with the socket I had in my room but because it's an older building it didn't have grounding so I used an extension cord for the socket in the hallway
-Using a custom windows iso
-Using MarkC fix and m_rawinput 0
-Capping my fps using the nvidia driver and leaving low latency mode disabled
-Lastly, this made the mouse movement feel a little bit normal, I set most the voltages in bios fixed instead of auto and disabled SMT(multithreading)
All the settings would change the mouse feel, sometimes I felt like I figured it out or some days the game ran perfectly. I would no longer get killed by complete noobs but I still struggled against more experienced players.
Last week I started reading through this forum again to see if there are some new tweaks that people came up with and I stumble across this topic by lowel, God bless him: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10221
I realized the ethernet cable is the only thing I never thought to change since moving here so I just unplug it and start killing bots. I was blown away, I forgot how it felt to really have a connection between the hand and what is happening on the screen. Plugging the cable back in made the feeling worse again so I swapped it with a new one I had lying around but never thought to use and low and behold, that one didn't give any issues. Gave it a week to make sure it wasn't placebo and I am happy to say none of the issues I had before came back.
I don't know if there is any moral of the story here, I just wish I caught this earlier though I am still happy I learned a lot about hardware and software along the way. Hope everyone finds what their issue is, it can be pretty angering sometimes not being able to enjoy the game you love so much.