input lag, gaming while having other apps in background ?
Posted: 07 Nov 2017, 09:01
Just curious. Does anyone know if there is any measurable difference in input lag between these 2 scenarios:
- playing the game while all other apps are closed
- playing the game while having a lot of apps running in background
Of course the requirment is, no stutter, no fps drops and high or desirable fps are being maintained.
To be more specific i will use my case as an example. No actvity, game has not been launched yet, no mouse or keyboard input:
- CPU usage between 20-40% with occasional drops to ~15% and jumps to ~45%
- 160 processes in total (Firefox, 2xChrome, Thunderbird and some other apps, few of them taking all that CPU power all the time but all of them have process priority set to "Below Normal")
- 60-70% Physical Memory Usage (out of 32GB RAM)
Is there any negative impact in such a scenario ? Both in terms of total input lag and lag randomness ? In theory, it shouldn't be as long as there is no negative impact creating stutter, fps drops, and there are still CPU and RAM resources available at all times, right ?
- playing the game while all other apps are closed
- playing the game while having a lot of apps running in background
Of course the requirment is, no stutter, no fps drops and high or desirable fps are being maintained.
To be more specific i will use my case as an example. No actvity, game has not been launched yet, no mouse or keyboard input:
- CPU usage between 20-40% with occasional drops to ~15% and jumps to ~45%
- 160 processes in total (Firefox, 2xChrome, Thunderbird and some other apps, few of them taking all that CPU power all the time but all of them have process priority set to "Below Normal")
- 60-70% Physical Memory Usage (out of 32GB RAM)
Is there any negative impact in such a scenario ? Both in terms of total input lag and lag randomness ? In theory, it shouldn't be as long as there is no negative impact creating stutter, fps drops, and there are still CPU and RAM resources available at all times, right ?