mouse lag in video games since updating to win 8.1

Anonymous
2013-10-18T21:31:23+00:00

hi all ive noticed that in some games in win 8.1 there is serious mouse lag . this makes some games almost unplayable now. this is a serious issue especially since many gamers upgraded for the benefits ingames but now cant play do to the mouse lag issues.

for me its in call of duty 4 aka modern warfare 1. there are numerous articles now about this issue and with certain games .

http://fr.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/1oor43/windows\_81\_warning\_for\_gamers\_issues\_with/  

http://www.pcgamesn.com/windows-81-mouse-lag-reportedly-renders-some-pc-games-close-unplayable

as you can see this isnt a isolated issue and needs fixing asap. especially with many big titles just coming in the next few weeks on pc !

how can this be sent higher up so this issue is resolved ? thanks.

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Anonymous
2013-11-08T18:50:37+00:00

We have issued a fix to address most of the “mouse lag” issues associated with gaming in Windows 8.1, which vary based on the game, input methods used, etc. More details on the issue and available resolutions are available via KB 2908279, and affected customers can go to the Microsoft Download Center to install the update

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-12-11T19:29:26+00:00

    Probably the best thread I've found about this issue. Glad to see also that using the suggested tests the raw input is not affected (at least on my setup: 8.1 with 1000Mhz pooling rate on a Logitech G9 mouse).

    Thanks!

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-12-10T20:01:45+00:00

    Maybe a much better idea to roll the whole mouse code back to Windows 8 standard on Windows 8.1 desktop versions since 8.1 also breaks high mouse poll rates.

    Something that 2908279 doesn't fix!

    Also, asking end users to add each game that has mouse input issues with 8.1 to the registry is the shittiest resolution of an incidence I have ever heard from MS.

    Sorry for the harsh wording, but do you honestly think that the responsible team for direct and raw input has done good work on Windows 8.1?

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-11-30T18:34:34+00:00

    kb 2908279 doesnt work for me. I have added wow.exe and wow-64.exe for World of Warcraft like the article suggested, and still my mouse sometimes jumps and instantly changes the camera like described here: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/10102720358

    It worked perfectly for me, I haven't noticed the problem once since applying it - that said, I haven't turned off the "disable high dpi" or "run as admin" stuff either, so I still run wow that way. (64-bit).

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-11-30T08:42:32+00:00

    That "fix" did not work for me. What helped was to re-install back to windows 8.

    In windows 8.1 i ran the mouse movement recorder and all it did was draw red/green lines and max hz was 200hz. Now, when i ran the same program in Windows 8, no more green/red lines and it shows correctly 1000hz. So there is something going on in windows 8.1

    this fix makes the camera much better for me, but its not 100% fixed. i dunno if there comes another patch with a perfect fix?

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