Hello everyone, I've been going through an issue that started almost 5 years ago when I got a new PC, it was a recent setup at the time and brand new PC parts, yet it had this weird lag that my old PC didn't had. It has a subtle mouse/keyboard lag that might be tolerable if you're not playing anything competitively, but I do play competitive.
The issue was noticeable on the desktop right away when moving the mouse and when typing. Before that I didn't even look much into input lag and stuff like that because it wasn't something worth worrying about, but now it is detrimental to the point where I can't have joy playing any FPS games, shooters are more like playing chess than just clicking on stuff since my mouse movement is so unpredictable. Anyways, it feels that the sensitivity is ALWAYS way too fast, even on the slowest sensitivities I will aim past the target unless I do a very smooth and slow movement, which isn't ideal, it also feels random as if it was constantly changing or some bottlenecking happening causing that. At the same time that the sensitivity feels fast, it feels delayed, the cursor is always lagging behind, making it even easier to overflick. I did buy another PC this year not with hopes of fixing that but to my surprise the issue remains. What is going on?
Tested multiple mouses, mousepads, monitors, issue remains no matter what. I do some random stuff that people suggested on the internet which sometimes provide an effect so small that it might just be placebo, but I'm sure that the issue itself is not placebo because it was such a drastic change that it is impossible not to notice. I've tried so many things even though I don't think they make any sense because I used to just install a game and play, but here they are:
-Enhance Pointer Precision
-C-States
-VSync
-Different USB ports
-Different Outlets/Houses
-G-sync
-XMP
-Overclock
-Power plans
-MSI Mode
-Integrated Graphics
-Different Rams, PSUs, MOBOs, GPUs.
-Messing with regedit tweaks
-Resizable bar
-MarkC Accel Fix
-TimerResolution
-bcdedit commands
-Windows game mode
-Disabling Game Bar
-More stuff that I might've forgot
2017 PC, my first PC and the only without issues:
GTX 1060 6gb EVGA Superclocked
i7 7400
ga-h270m-gaming 3
16gb (2x8gb) Hyperx Fury 2666mhz
CX450
2020 PC:
RTX 3060ti 8gb Gigabyte Eagle OC
i7 10700
Asus H410m-e / Gigabyte B560M Gaming HD
32GB (2x16gb) Hyperx Fury 3600Mhz
MSI MAG a850gl
2025 PC:
RTX 3060ti 8gb Gigabyte Eagle OC (same GPU)
i7 14600kf
Asus B760 TUF Gaming
32GB 5600mhz DDR5
Corsair RM850x Shift
It even affects games like rocket league where it makes the car feel very heavy, and I found out there's a whole community suffering from that on the internet, they call it HCB: "Heavy Car Bug". I do aim train a lot but people who don't even practice have way more consistent aim than me, even on mid/lower ranks, which was never the case before. Funny enough my gamesense improved a lot because I was forced to not rely on my aim.
I did test for input lag which measured something like 15ms on average, which is super fine and weird since moving the mouse around feels delayed, and also tested for mouse accel, which isn't 100% precise but at least like 95% precise which is fine to my understanding, so this baffled me and made me think it was all placebo. I believed on that for a month or two, but still, even against my tests, it baffles me that no matter what I still struggle to do simple mouse movements like tracking a target moving in a straight line whereas before I had a very good aim, now I can't hit shots that I was able to hit on my first week playing with a mouse.
So that's basically it, even though it doesn't make sense it still affects me and there are lots of other people complaining about that. Almost no one seems to solve this problem, some did by moving houses, but I think my problem isn't that since I already brought my PC to two other locations with no luck. Any help will be appreciated, thank you!
The issue was noticeable on the desktop right away when moving the mouse and when typing. Before that I didn't even look much into input lag and stuff like that because it wasn't something worth worrying about, but now it is detrimental to the point where I can't have joy playing any FPS games, shooters are more like playing chess than just clicking on stuff since my mouse movement is so unpredictable. Anyways, it feels that the sensitivity is ALWAYS way too fast, even on the slowest sensitivities I will aim past the target unless I do a very smooth and slow movement, which isn't ideal, it also feels random as if it was constantly changing or some bottlenecking happening causing that. At the same time that the sensitivity feels fast, it feels delayed, the cursor is always lagging behind, making it even easier to overflick. I did buy another PC this year not with hopes of fixing that but to my surprise the issue remains. What is going on?
Tested multiple mouses, mousepads, monitors, issue remains no matter what. I do some random stuff that people suggested on the internet which sometimes provide an effect so small that it might just be placebo, but I'm sure that the issue itself is not placebo because it was such a drastic change that it is impossible not to notice. I've tried so many things even though I don't think they make any sense because I used to just install a game and play, but here they are:
-Enhance Pointer Precision
-C-States
-VSync
-Different USB ports
-Different Outlets/Houses
-G-sync
-XMP
-Overclock
-Power plans
-MSI Mode
-Integrated Graphics
-Different Rams, PSUs, MOBOs, GPUs.
-Messing with regedit tweaks
-Resizable bar
-MarkC Accel Fix
-TimerResolution
-bcdedit commands
-Windows game mode
-Disabling Game Bar
-More stuff that I might've forgot
2017 PC, my first PC and the only without issues:
GTX 1060 6gb EVGA Superclocked
i7 7400
ga-h270m-gaming 3
16gb (2x8gb) Hyperx Fury 2666mhz
CX450
2020 PC:
RTX 3060ti 8gb Gigabyte Eagle OC
i7 10700
Asus H410m-e / Gigabyte B560M Gaming HD
32GB (2x16gb) Hyperx Fury 3600Mhz
MSI MAG a850gl
2025 PC:
RTX 3060ti 8gb Gigabyte Eagle OC (same GPU)
i7 14600kf
Asus B760 TUF Gaming
32GB 5600mhz DDR5
Corsair RM850x Shift
It even affects games like rocket league where it makes the car feel very heavy, and I found out there's a whole community suffering from that on the internet, they call it HCB: "Heavy Car Bug". I do aim train a lot but people who don't even practice have way more consistent aim than me, even on mid/lower ranks, which was never the case before. Funny enough my gamesense improved a lot because I was forced to not rely on my aim.
I did test for input lag which measured something like 15ms on average, which is super fine and weird since moving the mouse around feels delayed, and also tested for mouse accel, which isn't 100% precise but at least like 95% precise which is fine to my understanding, so this baffled me and made me think it was all placebo. I believed on that for a month or two, but still, even against my tests, it baffles me that no matter what I still struggle to do simple mouse movements like tracking a target moving in a straight line whereas before I had a very good aim, now I can't hit shots that I was able to hit on my first week playing with a mouse.
So that's basically it, even though it doesn't make sense it still affects me and there are lots of other people complaining about that. Almost no one seems to solve this problem, some did by moving houses, but I think my problem isn't that since I already brought my PC to two other locations with no luck. Any help will be appreciated, thank you!
