PC causing mouse to be imprecise

[Luke Barnard]

Hi everyone,

I was hoping that somebody maybe able to help fix a long term issue with my computer, so the issue seems to be regarding the mouse and the computer that the mouse doesn't track or produce the correct movement inputs. it either always feels too fast or it lags behind,

To explain that better I would say that regardless of sensitivity, DPI or anything related the mouse in-games but even outside it doesn't have complete precision in correlation to my movements.

How do I know this? well this problem has been going on for around two years now!, I mainly play shooter games so it is where I need accuracy to be highest; Since the problem started I have changed out every component within my PC so that may prove it may not be 100% down to hardware.

I also know this just by using other PC's and watching literally anyone on youtube or twitch play any type of games, whether or not they play PC games a lot it doesn't seem to affect their aim so to speak.

When I watch everyone else I can see they can move in increments, I can move it in increments but whatever sensitivity I choose I either have to drag the mouse or make tiny movements to correct it.
This happens with every game I play, not just for first person shooters.

I have installed and uninstalled drivers for my graphics card and mouse, also I have reinstalled Windows 7 around three times.

When I first started pc gaming around 2-3 years ago, I don't remember having this problem at all; my mouse aim back then wasn't great just because of my muscle memory. But I know it isn't down to me or my aim.

Is there anything I have overlooked or missed either to explain or to test or modify?

Thanks,

Luke

 

[jafrankl]

Almost sounds like speed compensation due to acceleration. Some games/settings have mouse acceleration which changes the scroll/look/movement speed of the mouse on the fly as you play; provided you haven't looked into this yet, I would start there. Next thing would be checking the mouse internals to see if anything could be causing a positioning error.

 

[Luke Barnard]

Almost sounds like speed compensation due to acceleration. Some games/settings have mouse acceleration which changes the scroll/look/movement speed of the mouse on the fly as you play; provided you haven't looked into this yet, I would start there. Next thing would be checking the mouse internals to see if anything could be causing a positioning error.

Hi jafrankl, Thanks for the response.

I have looked a lot into game settings about acceleration and have tried many ways to completely remove it, the problem I have is that it affects every mouse I use which has thrown me off of what could be the cause.

You said a positioning error, that sounds exactly right; I haven't ever been able to explain that before but it does feel like the mouse doesn't have a stop or start point; I mean I can stop moving the mouse but it seems something is conflicting or I have some setting on permanently