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Sirpingalot

25-03-2008 11:54

Mouse lag in certain games

I have been getting mouse lag (the game responds after I move the mouse) in certain games (HL2DM, COD4, NOT CSS) for some time now, and I have no idea what could be causing it. The FPS is always silky smooth so I doubt it's anything to do with my hardware. But then again?

If anyone has any ideas, that'd be much appreciated.

Callumpy

25-03-2008 12:11

Re: Mouse lag in certain games

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirpingalot (Post 34513296)

Try turning your mouse up to full speed, i love speed

Or try game settings, ive seen some games with mouse options for on how the mouse moves in gameplay

zing_deleted

25-03-2008 12:16

Re: Mouse lag in certain games

wired or wireless?

Sirpingalot

25-03-2008 12:23

Re: Mouse lag in certain games

Wired. There's no lag on the Desktop.

zing_deleted

25-03-2008 12:27

Re: Mouse lag in certain games

any change in surface? problem is tying it down to the mouse isnt going to be easy does it run smooth in any high quality game?

die5el

25-03-2008 12:30

Re: Mouse lag in certain games

just found this tweak hope it helps you out like it has helped me. When running games in OpenGl you might have problems with a laggy mouse + keyboard. This lag CAN be related to DirectSound a part of DirectX;
1. Go to DirectXDiagnostics; Start -> Run -> dxdiag.exe
2. Just go to the sound part of directx and disable sound acceleration (just turn sound acceleration slider all the way to the left)
This tweak clears up the laggy mouse issues in OpenGl games under XP

Sirpingalot

25-03-2008 14:50

Re: Mouse lag in certain games

Quote:

Originally Posted by zinglebarb (Post 34513315)

any change in surface? problem is tying it down to the mouse isnt going to be easy does it run smooth in any high quality game?

Yup, runs fine in CSS.

zing_deleted

25-03-2008 19:14

Re: Mouse lag in certain games

try a different mouse?

Sirpingalot

25-03-2008 21:54

Re: Mouse lag in certain games

Quote:

Originally Posted by zinglebarb (Post 34513630)

try a different mouse?

tried it, no difference.

zing_deleted

25-03-2008 21:56

Re: Mouse lag in certain games

that would point it to not being the mouse then really

AndrewJ

26-03-2008 01:46

Re: Mouse lag in certain games

USB Poll rate?

Tightscot

26-03-2008 12:35

Re: Mouse lag in certain games

what else is running whilst you game?

run msconfig, stop all @ startup, then game - if no lag then slowly enable startup progs a few at a time and narrow it down that way - i had a similiar problem and it was my uGuru oc'ing software, removed and reinstalled and voila!

Sirpingalot

26-03-2008 15:13

Re: Mouse lag in certain games

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndrewJ (Post 34513865)

USB Poll rate?

At 1000Hz

Jonathan90

26-03-2008 20:13

Re: Mouse lag in certain games

for cod4 do "render ahead 2" still get mouse lag do 1 don't go below 1 else might crash blue screen peoples reported this with nvidia

Sirpingalot

27-03-2008 01:04

Re: Mouse lag in certain games

Thanks for all the suggestions. It seems Vertical sync was a big part of the problem, I'm not sure why. The screen wasn't flickering at odd rates.

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