My case with floaty/delayed mouse and keyboard.
Posted: 06 Apr 2024, 03:07
Started exactly in Dec 2020 when I first turned this prebuilt PC on. I noticed that something was delayed instantly. I was going through a rough time so I thought, hey, I'll keep this high end PC and enjoy it, maybe I just need to get used to it... But netherless to say, this was a bad idea
Old PC Specs (No issues whatsoever): i5 7400, 1060 6gb, GA-H270M-Gaming 3
New PC: i7 10700, 3060ti, H410m-E
So, it's the usual "floaty" issue that lots of people complain about. It feels like the mouse is constantly changing speed, sometimes too fast, like it's on ice. Another way to describe it, is as if the mouse movement is emulated, or if I'm controlling someone else's PC through TeamViewer or Parsec. Imagine targets "A", "B" and "C"; if I try to move my aim from A to B, it'll most likely end up on C. Decreasing the sensitivity doesn't help with that, it's very hard to predict the movement, making aim practicing kinda useless, even on desktop I'll often overshoot things. I got some top ranks in a few different Shooters and a decent amount of time practicing aim before that issue, so I know how a mouse and keyboard should feel, but to this day I never had my aim anywhere close to how it used to be on my old PC, even with that PC having 4x less FPS and playing on 75hz.
Just in case you might think it's placebo, I knew the concept of Input lag, but I never had to worry about it. With this PC it just hit like a truck, I can't click things and even typing is weird since it doesn't catch up to the letters I'm actually pressing. Bunny hop maps became a nightmare since I can't sync A/D strafes with the mouse movement, tracking is borderline impossible too...
What I've done that helped (Made it slightly more tolerable, issue still there):
-Removing the HD
-MSI Mode
-System Agent voltage set to 1.20
What I've done that DIDN'T help:
-Using the PC in different outlets/houses
-New PSU/Monitor/Mouse/Ram sticks
-Formatting windows (even disabling windows auto updates)
-Playing completely offline
+ Common obvious fixes like VSync, pointer precision were all tried.
Made a short video, though it's not very helpful since this issue is way easier to be felt than to be seen: https://youtu.be/p_UIY0y5fHY
I can't have fun playing anything that requires reaction (90% of the games I play), even 2d games, it's as if I was drunk.
If I knew that buying another PC would fix that I'd do it right now, but the amount of people that bought new PCs with no luck makes me hesitant. Also, I'd go back to my old PC if I could.
Old PC Specs (No issues whatsoever): i5 7400, 1060 6gb, GA-H270M-Gaming 3
New PC: i7 10700, 3060ti, H410m-E
So, it's the usual "floaty" issue that lots of people complain about. It feels like the mouse is constantly changing speed, sometimes too fast, like it's on ice. Another way to describe it, is as if the mouse movement is emulated, or if I'm controlling someone else's PC through TeamViewer or Parsec. Imagine targets "A", "B" and "C"; if I try to move my aim from A to B, it'll most likely end up on C. Decreasing the sensitivity doesn't help with that, it's very hard to predict the movement, making aim practicing kinda useless, even on desktop I'll often overshoot things. I got some top ranks in a few different Shooters and a decent amount of time practicing aim before that issue, so I know how a mouse and keyboard should feel, but to this day I never had my aim anywhere close to how it used to be on my old PC, even with that PC having 4x less FPS and playing on 75hz.
Just in case you might think it's placebo, I knew the concept of Input lag, but I never had to worry about it. With this PC it just hit like a truck, I can't click things and even typing is weird since it doesn't catch up to the letters I'm actually pressing. Bunny hop maps became a nightmare since I can't sync A/D strafes with the mouse movement, tracking is borderline impossible too...
What I've done that helped (Made it slightly more tolerable, issue still there):
-Removing the HD
-MSI Mode
-System Agent voltage set to 1.20
What I've done that DIDN'T help:
-Using the PC in different outlets/houses
-New PSU/Monitor/Mouse/Ram sticks
-Formatting windows (even disabling windows auto updates)
-Playing completely offline
+ Common obvious fixes like VSync, pointer precision were all tried.
Made a short video, though it's not very helpful since this issue is way easier to be felt than to be seen: https://youtu.be/p_UIY0y5fHY
I can't have fun playing anything that requires reaction (90% of the games I play), even 2d games, it's as if I was drunk.
If I knew that buying another PC would fix that I'd do it right now, but the amount of people that bought new PCs with no luck makes me hesitant. Also, I'd go back to my old PC if I could.