where is my input lag coming from ?

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astroasis
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Re: where is my input lag coming from ?

Post by astroasis » 12 Oct 2026, 18:21

darkbluedaisy wrote: ↑
12 Oct 2026, 18:10
astroasis wrote: ↑
12 Oct 2026, 18:07
Supraharmonics bypass the online ups because the ups still uses your houses ground, unless you unplug from wall and use battery. You have to try a powerbank
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ablemor
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Re: where is my input lag coming from ?

Post by ablemor » 13 Oct 2026, 07:51

It's not true that it provides interference free power an average UPS can't do that. If you open up a UPS, you'll find toroids in there too, but even if you disconnect it and run on battery power, that won't help either. A power bank won't help at all, no matter how much you try.

darkbluedaisy
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Re: where is my input lag coming from ?

Post by darkbluedaisy » 13 Oct 2026, 07:55

ablemor wrote: ↑
13 Oct 2026, 07:51
It's not true that it provides interference free power an average UPS can't do that. If you open up a UPS, you'll find toroids in there too, but even if you disconnect it and run on battery power, that won't help either. A power bank won't help at all, no matter how much you try.
energy from solar panel can save us only :D

jterri
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Re: where is my input lag coming from ?

Post by jterri » 13 Oct 2026, 11:50

darkbluedaisy wrote: ↑
10 Oct 2026, 08:35
Hello guys. There is so much expert here so i hope someon can help me because im about the lose my mind. ( i play faceit )

The problem is my game is not as smooth as it should be i have this problem for 5 years i feel this in csgo too but csgo was still playable in cs2 its complete mess. Mouse feels so heavy floaty game feeels like 60 hz when im on high end pc 700 800 fps 350-400 %1 fps with 380hz monitor.

I can feel smooth only sometimes for like 3 4 times in a year. it happen last night we were playing mirage when we got ct side like 12. round game suddenly starts super smooth super responsive and i wass got kills like donk it was amazing now i just wanna know why this happen why my game feel so heavy unresponsive and only feels responsive and smooth only sometimes . and this sometimes only for 1 or 2 games or sometimes 8-10 rounds... i try 3 pc all same and yea its happen on other fps games too like pubg i try change mouse monıtor full pc nothing helps i have 1000mbps fiber internet. and i move 3 different house in this 6 years house change is not help at all. I live eastern turkey electricty is dirty i guess can it be dirty electric input lag ? can online ups save me ? i dont want to give money for nothing anymore i spent a lot of money and nothing change :((( Should i try online ups what you think i hope someone helps me

You have to move and get a completely new fresh setup, FULL setup. Depending on how dirty the electricity is, it can permanently degrade the hardware. This doesn’t happen with everyone but it does happen.

ablemor
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Re: where is my input lag coming from ?

Post by ablemor » 13 Oct 2026, 11:56

It’s a misconception that the hardware will be damaged. It won’t be damaged, at most, the capacitor will be charged with dirty power.

Muxolini87
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Re: where is my input lag coming from ?

Post by Muxolini87 » Yesterday, 18:05

darkbluedaisy wrote: ↑
10 Oct 2026, 08:35
Hello guys. There is so much expert here so i hope someon can help me because im about the lose my mind. ( i play faceit )

The problem is my game is not as smooth as it should be i have this problem for 5 years i feel this in csgo too but csgo was still playable in cs2 its complete mess. Mouse feels so heavy floaty game feeels like 60 hz when im on high end pc 700 800 fps 350-400 %1 fps with 380hz monitor.

I can feel smooth only sometimes for like 3 4 times in a year. it happen last night we were playing mirage when we got ct side like 12. round game suddenly starts super smooth super responsive and i wass got kills like donk it was amazing now i just wanna know why this happen why my game feel so heavy unresponsive and only feels responsive and smooth only sometimes . and this sometimes only for 1 or 2 games or sometimes 8-10 rounds... i try 3 pc all same and yea its happen on other fps games too like pubg i try change mouse monıtor full pc nothing helps i have 1000mbps fiber internet. and i move 3 different house in this 6 years house change is not help at all. I live eastern turkey electricty is dirty i guess can it be dirty electric input lag ? can online ups save me ? i dont want to give money for nothing anymore i spent a lot of money and nothing change :((( Should i try online ups what you think i hope someone helps me
Imam potpuno isti problem kao i ti, stari. Još od 2007. godine – pa sve do danas – ima oko 5 ili 6 dana u mjesecu kad igram kao profesionalac, ali ostatak vremena ne mogu ubiti baš nikoga.

darkbluedaisy
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Re: where is my input lag coming from ?

Post by darkbluedaisy » Yesterday, 18:08

Muxolini87 wrote: ↑
Yesterday, 18:05
darkbluedaisy wrote: ↑
10 Oct 2026, 08:35
Hello guys. There is so much expert here so i hope someon can help me because im about the lose my mind. ( i play faceit )

The problem is my game is not as smooth as it should be i have this problem for 5 years i feel this in csgo too but csgo was still playable in cs2 its complete mess. Mouse feels so heavy floaty game feeels like 60 hz when im on high end pc 700 800 fps 350-400 %1 fps with 380hz monitor.

I can feel smooth only sometimes for like 3 4 times in a year. it happen last night we were playing mirage when we got ct side like 12. round game suddenly starts super smooth super responsive and i wass got kills like donk it was amazing now i just wanna know why this happen why my game feel so heavy unresponsive and only feels responsive and smooth only sometimes . and this sometimes only for 1 or 2 games or sometimes 8-10 rounds... i try 3 pc all same and yea its happen on other fps games too like pubg i try change mouse monıtor full pc nothing helps i have 1000mbps fiber internet. and i move 3 different house in this 6 years house change is not help at all. I live eastern turkey electricty is dirty i guess can it be dirty electric input lag ? can online ups save me ? i dont want to give money for nothing anymore i spent a lot of money and nothing change :((( Should i try online ups what you think i hope someone helps me
Imam potpuno isti problem kao i ti, stari. Još od 2007. godine – pa sve do danas – ima oko 5 ili 6 dana u mjesecu kad igram kao profesionalac, ali ostatak vremena ne mogu ubiti baš nikoga.
5–6 dana mjesečno zapravo je prilično dobro; ja sam u stanju tako dobro svirati svega 2–3 dana godišnje. 😂😂

taupemouton
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Re: where is my input lag coming from ?

Post by taupemouton » Today, 12:11

darkbluedaisy wrote: ↑
Yesterday, 18:08
Muxolini87 wrote: ↑
Yesterday, 18:05
darkbluedaisy wrote: ↑
10 Oct 2026, 08:35
Hello guys. There is so much expert here so i hope someon can help me because im about the lose my mind. ( i play faceit )

The problem is my game is not as smooth as it should be i have this problem for 5 years i feel this in csgo too but csgo was still playable in cs2 its complete mess. Mouse feels so heavy floaty game feeels like 60 hz when im on high end pc 700 800 fps 350-400 %1 fps with 380hz monitor.

I can feel smooth only sometimes for like 3 4 times in a year. it happen last night we were playing mirage when we got ct side like 12. round game suddenly starts super smooth super responsive and i wass got kills like donk it was amazing now i just wanna know why this happen why my game feel so heavy unresponsive and only feels responsive and smooth only sometimes . and this sometimes only for 1 or 2 games or sometimes 8-10 rounds... i try 3 pc all same and yea its happen on other fps games too like pubg i try change mouse monıtor full pc nothing helps i have 1000mbps fiber internet. and i move 3 different house in this 6 years house change is not help at all. I live eastern turkey electricty is dirty i guess can it be dirty electric input lag ? can online ups save me ? i dont want to give money for nothing anymore i spent a lot of money and nothing change :((( Should i try online ups what you think i hope someone helps me
Imam potpuno isti problem kao i ti, stari. Još od 2007. godine – pa sve do danas – ima oko 5 ili 6 dana u mjesecu kad igram kao profesionalac, ali ostatak vremena ne mogu ubiti baš nikoga.
5–6 dana mjesečno zapravo je prilično dobro; ja sam u stanju tako dobro svirati svega 2–3 dana godišnje. 😂😂
I would like to know a little bit more about what you feel when playing with this "lag", i just wano to be sure we have the same problem, because for me it's something really obvious only when you'r good enough to see it, it's like so sudden that the before / after is really obvious. For exemple before, i could outplay some players, now i can't, since 2020. It affected my mouse sensivility in a certain way, beacuse i could not clutch make 360 like before, i had to increase my mouse sensivility from 36% in Minecraft to 58% on 800 dpi (also on solo). When fighting people, you feel that you won't really have the first shot to start a combo. I can't really say anything about other games because in 2020 i was only playing Minecraft and i only started to play other games after this date, even if i don't think it's only Minecraft related, that would mean, it also affects the other games i am playing on, but i won't ever know until i find any fix because i can't really compare with and without this "lag".

darkbluedaisy
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Re: where is my input lag coming from ?

Post by darkbluedaisy » Today, 12:20

taupemouton wrote: ↑
Today, 12:11
darkbluedaisy wrote: ↑
Yesterday, 18:08
Muxolini87 wrote: ↑
Yesterday, 18:05
darkbluedaisy wrote: ↑
10 Oct 2026, 08:35
Hello guys. There is so much expert here so i hope someon can help me because im about the lose my mind. ( i play faceit )

The problem is my game is not as smooth as it should be i have this problem for 5 years i feel this in csgo too but csgo was still playable in cs2 its complete mess. Mouse feels so heavy floaty game feeels like 60 hz when im on high end pc 700 800 fps 350-400 %1 fps with 380hz monitor.

I can feel smooth only sometimes for like 3 4 times in a year. it happen last night we were playing mirage when we got ct side like 12. round game suddenly starts super smooth super responsive and i wass got kills like donk it was amazing now i just wanna know why this happen why my game feel so heavy unresponsive and only feels responsive and smooth only sometimes . and this sometimes only for 1 or 2 games or sometimes 8-10 rounds... i try 3 pc all same and yea its happen on other fps games too like pubg i try change mouse monıtor full pc nothing helps i have 1000mbps fiber internet. and i move 3 different house in this 6 years house change is not help at all. I live eastern turkey electricty is dirty i guess can it be dirty electric input lag ? can online ups save me ? i dont want to give money for nothing anymore i spent a lot of money and nothing change :((( Should i try online ups what you think i hope someone helps me
Imam potpuno isti problem kao i ti, stari. Još od 2007. godine – pa sve do danas – ima oko 5 ili 6 dana u mjesecu kad igram kao profesionalac, ali ostatak vremena ne mogu ubiti baš nikoga.
5–6 dana mjesečno zapravo je prilično dobro; ja sam u stanju tako dobro svirati svega 2–3 dana godišnje. 😂😂
I would like to know a little bit more about what you feel when playing with this "lag", i just wano to be sure we have the same problem, because for me it's something really obvious only when you'r good enough to see it, it's like so sudden that the before / after is really obvious. For exemple before, i could outplay some players, now i can't, since 2020. It affected my mouse sensivility in a certain way, beacuse i could not clutch make 360 like before, i had to increase my mouse sensivility from 36% in Minecraft to 58% on 800 dpi (also on solo). When fighting people, you feel that you won't really have the first shot to start a combo. I can't really say anything about other games because in 2020 i was only playing Minecraft and i only started to play other games after this date, even if i don't think it's only Minecraft related, that would mean, it also affects the other games i am playing on, but i won't ever know until i find any fix because i can't really compare with and without this "lag".
we all in same board bro no one knows why no one knows how i just quit playing fps games cant handle it anymore

agendarsky
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Re: where is my input lag coming from ?

Post by agendarsky » Today, 15:39

i believe gpu or gpu drivers some rule that is universal across all brands including iGPU tested 1.6 on two old computers with agp card, no fucking problem, owned several pc setups since 2011 with new hardware and same problem everywhere so i believe this behavior is bug or something poorly coded in pci-express gpu's and it's mostly visible in cpu heavy games. Newcomers thinks its cs2 thing yet i'm fighting with this since 2011 right after motherboard gpu and ram replace in cs 1.6 era, its not even input lag, the whole time domain just left your pc. I wouldnt are at all if it was just key to action latency but why the hell can i bhop, strafe, why moving feels slower , when you stuck to wall it takes longer to unstuck because movement is slower. The only good thing that i have in my list as confirmed is matching audio sampling rate in your os to your game sampling rate, which is in cs2 case 44100hz, recoil will be better and there will be less audio dropouts while shooting, well atleast that works on my usb audio card that runs at 48000hz

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