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Epicnoob Jun 23, 2014 @ 2:34am

Input delay for shooters

My issue only occurs in shooters, payday 2, battlefield 3, borderlands 2, etc. Thers a brief delay on commands. If I aim my gun theres a 1-2 second delay before the game raises my gun, same thing if I move, shoot, move camera, or anything like that. The game it self doesn't lag though just the input is delayed. How can I fix this?

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_I_ Jun 23, 2014 @ 5:20am

either a slow cpu or your using widi or a tv that adds delay to the video signal

jr.miqell Jun 23, 2014 @ 5:36am

Originally posted by _I_:
either a slow cpu or your using widi or a tv that adds delay to the video signal

wake up

_I_ Jun 23, 2014 @ 5:39am

could also be many programs running in the background

jr.miqell Jun 23, 2014 @ 5:41am

Originally posted by Dickbutt:
My issue only occurs in shooters, payday 2, battlefield 3, borderlands 2, etc. Thers a brief delay on commands. If I aim my gun theres a 1-2 second delay before the game raises my gun, same thing if I move, shoot, move camera, or anything like that. The game it self doesn't lag though just the input is delayed. How can I fix this?

os?
win7 I presume.
go to desktop settings, disable stuuupid aero,start basic theme,disable theme cursor controll,set mouse in windows to +4 max halfway
.....basicaly disable all ''great MSoft'' additions to win7 (so you hate it and buy xbox) and.....yeah if using high dpi(according to manufacturrer) mouse ,try to find you an comfort settings around 1000-1200 dpi (even less if need) disable acceleration.....should work

Air Jun 23, 2014 @ 6:24am

Originally posted by jr.miqell:
os?
win7 I presume.
go to desktop settings, disable stuuupid aero,start basic theme,disable theme cursor controll,set mouse in windows to +4 max halfway
.....basicaly disable all ''great MSoft'' additions to win7 (so you hate it and buy xbox) and.....yeah if using high dpi(according to manufacturrer) mouse ,try to find you an comfort settings around 1000-1200 dpi (even less if need) disable acceleration.....should work

Those things do not cause input/video delay unless you're on a low end system that isn't great for gaming, anyway. Besides, aero mode is temporarily disabled once a fullscreen game is running.
You're not being too helpful.

UberFiend Jun 23, 2014 @ 6:39am

disable Steam In-Game Overlay

NATYPE Jun 23, 2014 @ 7:25am

I think we might need more information about your specific setup to figure out what's causing the input delay.

My guess would be that you're using a TV as your display and that were the latency is coming from but it could be any number of things.

Epicnoob Jun 23, 2014 @ 11:44am

tNope, I'm not using a TV just my laptop. Its running windows 8.1 it's got 4 gigs of ram. All the other games I play are fine and have no input delay. I can play Dota 2, LOL, Surgeon simulator, and tower wars with no in put delay. What else do you need to know?