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Subject: Windows 8.1 causing game mouse lag
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guillium 21.10.13 - 12:30pm
Uh oh: Recently released Windows update 8.1 appears to be causing mouse lag and cursor-jumping in some PC games.A Reddit thread reporting the issue described Deus Ex: Human Revolution and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat as close to unplayable as a result. Apparently Call of Duty games and Metro 2033 are affected as well. * +

guillium 21.10.13 - 12:34pm
It's only video games that don't use Raw Input for reading mouse movements that are in trouble. Something has changed in the way Windows updates pointer positions and that's what is apparently causing the problems. Expert Mark Cranness, creator of 'MarkC mouse fix', corroborated the problem. * +

guillium 21.10.13 - 12:40pm
''It is real lag,'' he nodded. ''Seeing that it is a problem is as far as I've gone so far in diagnosing it.''. There's a sticky-plaster-like fix (in the Reddit post) that dilutes the issue in some games, but no hard and fast fix just yet. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-10-21-windows-8-1-causing-mouse-lag-that-badly-affects-games * +

norega 21.10.13 - 03:24pm
Windows 8 and 8.1 are rubbish , 90 percent of pc gamers would not be using it .Microsoft failed epicly with this and adding a start menu wont help . Yeah its a little snappier on old systems but anyone with an upto date computer will see little if any gain at all switching to it . * +

newt182 21.10.13 - 04:30pm
Well as BF4 is optimised for Win 8, and judging by the beta you will get much, much better performance, I think just about everyone who buys BF4 will be upgrading. Win 8 is still a bit of an improvement over Win 7, and so long as you're using Start is Back it's a good OS. * +

norega 21.10.13 - 05:58pm
Bf4 is gash as is windows 8 ,wont be using either * +

newt182 21.10.13 - 07:12pm
You probably will when you have DX 11.2 hardware and want to get better performance in games and better visuals. MS have a clear plan as to what they are doing and Win 9 will be the same kind of deal as Win 8. It's going to be at the very least a good few years before anything big is happening with Linux and Steam.

People don't usually like change but you will have to accept it eventually. * +

norega 21.10.13 - 10:49pm
I dont mind change ,just think windows 8 is s**t and does nothing to speed up my already blazing fast computer . Once linux and steam get there act together we can all dump this windows cr*p for good * +

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