Clicking LMB makes my polling rate to drop down to 125hz
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dermodemon
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Clicking LMB makes my polling rate to drop down to 125hz
When i am clicking my LMB polling rate drops from 1000hz to 125hz. Every single time. When i am holding LMB (for example spraying with a gun in cs2) my mouse is working at 125hz. How and why this is happening and how can i fix it?
I confirmed this bug with mousetester v1.4 and mousetester v1.7.2.
Does anybody else have this bug?
This is without holding LMB And this is while holding LMB
I confirmed this bug with mousetester v1.4 and mousetester v1.7.2.
Does anybody else have this bug?
This is without holding LMB And this is while holding LMB
- Slender
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Re: Clicking LMB makes my polling rate to drop down to 125hz
what mice? i dont see any frequency drops on this grahs. Use 1.5.3 modded instead.
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dermodemon
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- Slender
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Re: Clicking LMB makes my polling rate to drop down to 125hz
I tested this on all mine three mice. I pressed the left mouse button and F2, and there was no difference. Do you feel this drop in performance in the game?dermodemon wrote: ↑26 Dec 2025, 16:11all mice i have(mchose g3 ultra, xd7v2, zaopin z2, darmoshark m3 ultra, mchose a7 ultra)
you can clearly see it on the graphs. it degrates from 1 ms to 8 ms
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dermodemon
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Re: Clicking LMB makes my polling rate to drop down to 125hz
yes. something wrong with the windows i guess. but what exactly? i have windows 11 pro 24h2Slender wrote: ↑26 Dec 2025, 16:51I tested this on all mine three mice. I pressed the left mouse button and F2, and there was no difference. Do you feel this drop in performance in the game?dermodemon wrote: ↑26 Dec 2025, 16:11all mice i have(mchose g3 ultra, xd7v2, zaopin z2, darmoshark m3 ultra, mchose a7 ultra)
you can clearly see it on the graphs. it degrates from 1 ms to 8 ms
In the middle of a graph i start holding lmb. From exactly 1ms there is a jump to 8ms
- Slender
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Re: Clicking LMB makes my polling rate to drop down to 125hz
interesting.dermodemon wrote: ↑26 Dec 2025, 23:56yes. something wrong with the windows i guess. but what exactly? i have windows 11 pro 24h2Slender wrote: ↑26 Dec 2025, 16:51I tested this on all mine three mice. I pressed the left mouse button and F2, and there was no difference. Do you feel this drop in performance in the game?dermodemon wrote: ↑26 Dec 2025, 16:11all mice i have(mchose g3 ultra, xd7v2, zaopin z2, darmoshark m3 ultra, mchose a7 ultra)
you can clearly see it on the graphs. it degrates from 1 ms to 8 ms
In the middle of a graph i start holding lmb. From exactly 1ms there is a jump to 8ms
lmb click.png
try install w10 ltsc 21h2.
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timecard
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Re: Clicking LMB makes my polling rate to drop down to 125hz
This is because Windows 11 now gives foreground vs background apps different input priority to ensure the foreground apps input are given more CPU time which also reduces ingame stutter. Background apps always get 125hz now unless you override the behavior with the registry.
Here's how you can test if it's related to this feature. In mousetester make sure when you use LMB you're first click is on the mousetester app itself, otherwise mousetester.exe becomes the background app (only gets 125hz) and windows explorer becomes the foreground app if on desktop etc.
Official references and related KB
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/top ... 5080e26c3d
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdevelo ... worldwide/
- See "Reduced game stutter with high report rate mice"
Original Windows Insiders Tester Thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comm ... _in_games/
Here's how you can test if it's related to this feature. In mousetester make sure when you use LMB you're first click is on the mousetester app itself, otherwise mousetester.exe becomes the background app (only gets 125hz) and windows explorer becomes the foreground app if on desktop etc.
Official references and related KB
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/top ... 5080e26c3d
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdevelo ... worldwide/
- See "Reduced game stutter with high report rate mice"
Original Windows Insiders Tester Thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comm ... _in_games/
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dermodemon
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Re: Clicking LMB makes my polling rate to drop down to 125hz
It looks even weirder if i test like thattimecard wrote: ↑27 Dec 2025, 16:07This is because Windows 11 now gives foreground vs background apps different input priority to ensure the foreground apps input are given more CPU time which also reduces ingame stutter. Background apps always get 125hz now unless you override the behavior with the registry.
Here's how you can test if it's related to this feature. In mousetester make sure when you use LMB you're first click is on the mousetester app itself, otherwise mousetester.exe becomes the background app (only gets 125hz) and windows explorer becomes the foreground app if on desktop etc.
Official references and related KB
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/top ... 5080e26c3d
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdevelo ... worldwide/
- See "Reduced game stutter with high report rate mice"
Original Windows Insiders Tester Thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comm ... _in_games/
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timecard
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Re: Clicking LMB makes my polling rate to drop down to 125hz
Ahh yea if it's dragging around the window, that'll add extra cpu. Otherwise what I shared likely explains what you're seeing unless you can rule it out.
