my inputlag is gone

[evidmail]

Hi, long-time lurker here.

I've been dealing with mouse input lag for a long time. My mouse never felt truly smooth, no matter what I tried. I went through countless UEFI/BIOS settings, disabled hardware components, reinstalled Windows multiple times, tried ReviOS, tested pretty much every tweak I could find online, and even bought two different USB PCIe cards.

Every time, I thought I had fixed the issue, but the improvement was always temporary.

Turns out, the problem was my Corsair HS80 headset. It didn't matter whether I connected it directly via USB or used the wireless receiver. I only figured this out recently, so I bought a new headset with a 3.5mm AUX jack instead of USB, and the input lag is finally gone for good.

That horrible, sluggish, mushy mouse feeling is finally gone. I honestly never would have thought that my headset could be causing this.

Hopefully, this helps someone else who's been struggling with the same issue.

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[ablemor]

It might have created a DPC or an interrupt that caused the mouse data to be delayed, I don't know:) But basically, it's best to use a jack, yes otherwise, this is not a general solution.

[cicomico]

i will try for next 1 weeks thanks.

[unclejake2223]

honestly not a bad take , gonna swap out my goxlr for a different one because its ran by usb so maybe type c will help? idk gonna try it and let yall know

[MK92]

How cannot you people immediately distinguish if your mouse problems are caused by actual peripheral input problems, or by frametime choppiness and error correction caused by CPU / GPU ?? It is so obviously different, and no this won't help for 99% of people here, because they have the second problem and not a freaking broken mouse or headset.

[cicomico]

I tested it yesterday and today. I unplugged my USB headset from my PC and connected Apple’s 3.5mm jack earbuds instead. Here are my thoughts:

Mouse heaviness issue: It helps, but it does not fix the problem.

Hit registration (hitreg) issue: It helps, but it does not fix it. Unlike the mouse heaviness issue, the improvement is not very noticeable.

Desync issue: No change.

High FPS / Smoothness issue: No change.

If your only problem is mouse heaviness, it might be worth giving it a try. However, if you're experiencing severe input lag caused by electrical issues like I am, there's no need to buy a 3.5mm jack headset because it doesn't solve the problem. I'll continue testing for the next few days and share if anything changes.

[PotentJW]

I’ve been dealing with a disconnected feeling in my mouse and this has helped substantially with the other tweaks I’ve done. Thank you for the tip!