Sharing 4 years of my experience.
Posted: 05 Aug 2026, 16:15
The issue:
Game feels unsmooth despite high fps, 600 fps feels like 60 shaking the mouse or looking around etc. This affects mouse inputs and makes the game unplayable. As if I'm always trying to keep up to a laggy game every time I try to aim. The display is 'stroby'. If I shake my camera looking at a bot, the view gets so choppy that the bot multiplies to 3, and this applies to everything on my screen.
Specs:
AMD system
CPU: 7800x3d
GPU: 9070XT
Mobo: ASUS TUF B6560M PLUS
RAM: Kingston Fury beast CL30 6000MT
Things I have tried, I know and where I'm at:
- I've tried %90 of windows tweaks on the internet.
- 23h2,24h2,25h2. Normie install, clean install, post install debloat, autounattend debloated install, valleyofdoom/amit way of install...
- Tried Linux Cachyos, same thing. It's not OS.
- I've bought the Fiberoptic DP cable.
- I've bought a double conversion UPS.
- I've bought a new GPU. (from 3060 to 9070XT)
- I've bought a new monitor (from Viewsonic XG2401 144hz to XL2566X+ 400hz)
- I've bought a pciex1 Intel NIC. Didn't make difference. (Onboard is realtek 2.5g) (and yes I tried netadaptercx driver) game feels the same internet unplugged, although mouse input gets better on desktop, jittery frames stay the same.
- I tried %90 of different BIOS settings combinations.
- tuned RAM, JEDEC RAM, 1 stick, 1 & 3 slot, buildzoid timings etc.
- I tried many BIOS versions.
- Freesync,vsync,antilag
- I've swapped my router with a 5G cellular router
- I've tried the recent iGPU method, helped raw inputs, view is the same.
- I've dismantled and rebuilt the PC multiple times. Disconnected all front panel USB ports. Disabled all USB3.2 ports and only using 4 USB ports. (mouse & kb on CPU, mic & headset on chipset)
- I've tried bottom slot pcie for gpu & nvme. Also lowering GEN speed in the bios.
- Gpu drivers, chipset drivers, no chipset drivers, partially picked chipset drivers..
I will vent here:
This is all I can think of right now. I'm battling with this for 4 years now. I've been reading this forum for a long time, trying things on my end, hoping to find a fix and experimenting. I'm really tired at this point and started to lose hope, hence why I'm making this post. I'm considering buying an Intel CPU (probably 270k plus) and a mobo as a last effort. As I don't know what's left to even do at this point. I've never used Intel, my old setup was AM4.
This issue started as just floaty mouse back then, I was playing CS. Now today I don't have floaty mouse, but the frame delay and choppiness is worse than that and enough to make it impossible to play. I'm only playing Deadlock now and will do in the future. (It's also a source 2 game) So you might think that it's game issue. But if you've experienced anything similar, and are sensitive to this, you can feel it even on the desktop. I know what 150,300,600 fps should look and feel like. Same goes for refresh rate. I'm at a point where I can't trust my muscle memory anymore, every time I move my camera I have to wait a milisecond to proccess what's on my screen after the choppy view clarifies so I can react. And when I react, my mouse is still laggy that I can't aim properly anyway.
The best way I can describe this is as if something is holding back my PC from working properly, gets in the way of delivering frames properly & smoothly.
I'm open to any help, questions, ideas & suggestions. Thanks for reading.
Game feels unsmooth despite high fps, 600 fps feels like 60 shaking the mouse or looking around etc. This affects mouse inputs and makes the game unplayable. As if I'm always trying to keep up to a laggy game every time I try to aim. The display is 'stroby'. If I shake my camera looking at a bot, the view gets so choppy that the bot multiplies to 3, and this applies to everything on my screen.
Specs:
AMD system
CPU: 7800x3d
GPU: 9070XT
Mobo: ASUS TUF B6560M PLUS
RAM: Kingston Fury beast CL30 6000MT
Things I have tried, I know and where I'm at:
- I've tried %90 of windows tweaks on the internet.
- 23h2,24h2,25h2. Normie install, clean install, post install debloat, autounattend debloated install, valleyofdoom/amit way of install...
- Tried Linux Cachyos, same thing. It's not OS.
- I've bought the Fiberoptic DP cable.
- I've bought a double conversion UPS.
- I've bought a new GPU. (from 3060 to 9070XT)
- I've bought a new monitor (from Viewsonic XG2401 144hz to XL2566X+ 400hz)
- I've bought a pciex1 Intel NIC. Didn't make difference. (Onboard is realtek 2.5g) (and yes I tried netadaptercx driver) game feels the same internet unplugged, although mouse input gets better on desktop, jittery frames stay the same.
- I tried %90 of different BIOS settings combinations.
- tuned RAM, JEDEC RAM, 1 stick, 1 & 3 slot, buildzoid timings etc.
- I tried many BIOS versions.
- Freesync,vsync,antilag
- I've swapped my router with a 5G cellular router
- I've tried the recent iGPU method, helped raw inputs, view is the same.
- I've dismantled and rebuilt the PC multiple times. Disconnected all front panel USB ports. Disabled all USB3.2 ports and only using 4 USB ports. (mouse & kb on CPU, mic & headset on chipset)
- I've tried bottom slot pcie for gpu & nvme. Also lowering GEN speed in the bios.
- Gpu drivers, chipset drivers, no chipset drivers, partially picked chipset drivers..
I will vent here:
This is all I can think of right now. I'm battling with this for 4 years now. I've been reading this forum for a long time, trying things on my end, hoping to find a fix and experimenting. I'm really tired at this point and started to lose hope, hence why I'm making this post. I'm considering buying an Intel CPU (probably 270k plus) and a mobo as a last effort. As I don't know what's left to even do at this point. I've never used Intel, my old setup was AM4.
This issue started as just floaty mouse back then, I was playing CS. Now today I don't have floaty mouse, but the frame delay and choppiness is worse than that and enough to make it impossible to play. I'm only playing Deadlock now and will do in the future. (It's also a source 2 game) So you might think that it's game issue. But if you've experienced anything similar, and are sensitive to this, you can feel it even on the desktop. I know what 150,300,600 fps should look and feel like. Same goes for refresh rate. I'm at a point where I can't trust my muscle memory anymore, every time I move my camera I have to wait a milisecond to proccess what's on my screen after the choppy view clarifies so I can react. And when I react, my mouse is still laggy that I can't aim properly anyway.
The best way I can describe this is as if something is holding back my PC from working properly, gets in the way of delivering frames properly & smoothly.
I'm open to any help, questions, ideas & suggestions. Thanks for reading.