Mouse Sensor Lag (Discussion Thread)
Posted: 12 Sep 2021, 20:16
You guys ever heared other people claiming that any 1khz Mouse has 1ms total input lag?
Well, that's wrong. Most mice have different input lag, and we are not talking about 0.1ms variation... we are talking up to 5ms differences!
I stumbled over this theme, because I bought a Logitech G502 Hero, and I felt like it has more input lag then my old one. And maybe you are using a mouse with alot input lag! And you just thaught its your monitor or PC.
A mouse needs to do processing like any other PC part, or Monitor. It's not just like the sensor is directly connected with a wire to the PC, no...
The signal goes trough multiple components inside the mouse and then in your PC.
Sadly, I because this topic is pretty underrated, I couldnt find alot in the web. I saw some tests and the differences in input lag surprised me but they didn't test alot of mice. If anybody knows a website please post it in here!
Now for all the people who want to see it here are 2 testing videos about mouse sensor input lag variations!
One video is from a famous YouTube called "BattleNonSense" and one from "Reckless Yùto".
1.: https://youtu.be/mwf_F2VboFQ
2.: https://youtu.be/wO22BuqLnYc
**IMPORTANT**
(Do not mix "mouse click latency" with the mouse "sensor latency". The mouse sensor latency is the one that introduce input lag when physically moving the mouse with your hand! The click latency is the one when clicking a mouse button!)
Edit: My guy BattleNonSense tested mainly 8khz polling rate vs 1khz, but he also tested different mice on the same DPI and the same polling rate! There you can see what I am talking about. And there is also a big difference in 8k vs 1k polling rate, thats pretty interesting as well! He tested the Mouse "click latency" and mouse "moving latency"! Just look in the pictures/attachments below, it's easy to see.
Well, that's wrong. Most mice have different input lag, and we are not talking about 0.1ms variation... we are talking up to 5ms differences!
I stumbled over this theme, because I bought a Logitech G502 Hero, and I felt like it has more input lag then my old one. And maybe you are using a mouse with alot input lag! And you just thaught its your monitor or PC.
A mouse needs to do processing like any other PC part, or Monitor. It's not just like the sensor is directly connected with a wire to the PC, no...
The signal goes trough multiple components inside the mouse and then in your PC.
Sadly, I because this topic is pretty underrated, I couldnt find alot in the web. I saw some tests and the differences in input lag surprised me but they didn't test alot of mice. If anybody knows a website please post it in here!
Now for all the people who want to see it here are 2 testing videos about mouse sensor input lag variations!
One video is from a famous YouTube called "BattleNonSense" and one from "Reckless Yùto".
1.: https://youtu.be/mwf_F2VboFQ
2.: https://youtu.be/wO22BuqLnYc
**IMPORTANT**
(Do not mix "mouse click latency" with the mouse "sensor latency". The mouse sensor latency is the one that introduce input lag when physically moving the mouse with your hand! The click latency is the one when clicking a mouse button!)
Edit: My guy BattleNonSense tested mainly 8khz polling rate vs 1khz, but he also tested different mice on the same DPI and the same polling rate! There you can see what I am talking about. And there is also a big difference in 8k vs 1k polling rate, thats pretty interesting as well! He tested the Mouse "click latency" and mouse "moving latency"! Just look in the pictures/attachments below, it's easy to see.