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dynam1ck
4 years ago
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Apex legends input lag issues

Description of the issue:
Instability of mouse input processing or frametime spikes NOT VISIBLE ON FRAMETIME GRAPHS caused by mouse interrupts. This leads to a choppiness when panning and tracking enemies.


(main rig) Amd ryzen 7 5800x 3060ti, 3600mhz cl16 16gb

 

Things i've tried >

stock and tweaked windows 20h2
stock and tweaked windows 21h2
stock and tweaked windows 7 sp1
125hz, 500hz, 1000hz polling
different usb ports (usb 2, usb 3, front panel)
all devices unplugged except mouse
different mouse, different keyboard, different mousepad
Rtss capping, 144fps.
r5apex low priority, high priority
mouse interrupt cpu affinity
different nvidia drivers
cpu underclock
cpu overclock
cpu stock (stock bios)/ tweaked bios, c states disabled, any power saving feature disabled
hyperthreading on, off
different monitor
moved my pc to a different house

-no-browser in steam properties, disabled any game overlay, disabled fso

tighter timings using dram calculator, 3hour stress test, stable

disabled gamebar in windows settings and regedit

gamemode on/off

msi mode for gpu

power saving features disabled on my ethernet adapter

ultimate performance powerplan, disabled usb powersaving and pcie power saving

1600dpi/800dpi/400dpi, overdrive to strong, medium, weak. no improvements

enabled hags/disabled hags

using islc, forcing timer to 0.499

 

Since I've tried pretty much everything I suspect it's just due to a bug in the game engine similarly to how the frame pacing in this game breaks when its running at 200+ FPS, but then again how isn't this on the front page of r/apexlegends?
I've wasted lots of hours trying to fix this and would appreciate if any apex players on this forum could try this out so I know if its just the engine being bad or something wrong with my setup.

 

discussion
  • dynam1ck's avatar
    dynam1ck
    4 years ago

    ITS NOT YOUR COMPUTERS FAULT!!

    Ignore the people that are claiming that this is your fault! Or that u should change ur polling rate, which is bullsh*t! Its only ur fault if its happening on *ALL* games u play, but if it is apex only then definitely their fault.

    Edit: 2024

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  • dynam1ck's avatar
    dynam1ck
    4 years ago

    ITS NOT YOUR COMPUTERS FAULT!!

    Ignore the people that are claiming that this is your fault! Or that u should change ur polling rate, which is bullsh*t! Its only ur fault if its happening on *ALL* games u play, but if it is apex only then definitely their fault.

    Edit: 2024

  • hayhor's avatar
    hayhor
    Hero
    4 years ago
    @dynam1ck But did you try the mouse mat? If you didn't you can't say it won't work. Sometimes the smartest people miss the simplest things due to assumptions. 🤷‍♂️
  • dynam1ck's avatar
    dynam1ck
    4 years ago

    Tried 100 different mousemats bud, logitech, razer, steelseries.

    hardpads make movement a bit faster but aiming feels more sluggish because hardpads are harder to control then clothpads.

    @hayhor 

  • dynam1ck's avatar
    dynam1ck
    4 years ago

    Tried running apex in windowed mode, no u wont get the input lag because we have mpo now. Search it.

    But running it in windowed mode made it so much smoother, the only downside is that even tho it says 144fps for 1 second it starts to lag (stuttering) then its gone.

    if anyone could try this out in firing range too? To see i’m not spacing lol.

    My guess is that this game is handling fullscreen not as good then other games.

  • Asmodeus566's avatar
    Asmodeus566
    Hero+
    4 years ago

    @dynam1ck 

    I have been running the game in windowed mode for ages because as you say it runs a bit smoother for some reason. IDK know why but anything that is not against the ToS that will help the game run smoother for me or anyone else is just one big plus in my eyes.

    Sorry I did not suggest this to you before as I just did not think about that because I have been doing that since like the middle of season 1  

  • dynam1ck's avatar
    dynam1ck
    4 years ago

    I tried running every game i play in windowed and they all see too feel smoother, aiming is so much better but the only thing i noticed in apex when u are in windowed is that the framerate dips for a second even tho in right top corner it always says ar 144fps even when that happens, might be a bug or something @Asmodeus566 

    Also noticed that running any game in fs it feels like everything is zoomed in, like low fov but thats prob monitor related then game related. In windowed it isn’t zoomed in. I have the aoc 24g2u and in the osd there is a option aspect ratio its set to wide and i cant change it at all. 

  • platoonMnK_TTV's avatar
    platoonMnK_TTV
    2 years ago
    @dynam1ck I am of the opinion that it is the servers, I have already tried 8 mice and 10 mousepads in the last year. Tried the best configs and settings. Nothing worked. There are still those days where Apex feels unsmooth, have high latency, the shots don't connect on point and there are endless death slides. Have you been able to solve the problem to date?
  • dynam1ck's avatar
    dynam1ck
    2 years ago
    @platoonMnK_TTV No mate, issue is still there for me. Even with a completely new desktop, with everything new.

    Just forget this and step away from this garbage game. (I'm banned anyway for swearing lol)

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