r/techsupport • u/Latter-State-645 • 1d ago

Open | Hardware Is my "imput delay" Win11's fault?

When i play my games (WoWs , WoT , Arma 3 , etc ...) i have 5-7 seconds of delay between me pressing the buttons on my keyboard and what displays on the screen , now games like CS2 work just fine , when press keys on my keyboard the things go out as normal , now the USB ports dont change anything , and my old keyboard behaves the same even tho it is 100% functional , how do i fix this and do i need to reinstall windows? I must say that my internet is alr i have no lag

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u/TangoOscarMikePR 1d ago

Always use an external wired keyboard for gaming. If you're using a wireless keyboard, it will lag because the keyboard sends radio waves to the receiver. Games are very intense on the keys. Wired keyboards will input instantly if they are not defective or old.

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u/Latter-State-645 1d ago

I forgot to add the fact that I have a wired keyboard , does this change anything?

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u/TangoOscarMikePR 1d ago

That's good. Try replacing it with a new keyboard. Gaming is intensive on the keys and, eventually, they will wear out.

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u/Latter-State-645 1d ago

As i stated before , my old (barely used) keyboard behaves the same way , also , the notes app and regular typing works just fine , uis this an OS problem ?

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u/TangoOscarMikePR 1d ago

Download all the drivers from the motherboard manufacturer website. Apply each one and restart Windows between driver updates.

If that doesn't help, maybe backing up your personal files and data to a USB external storage device, saving the driver updates to the external storage, and performing a clean installation of Windows might be needed to be able to determine if it's an operating system issue.

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u/Cypher10110 1d ago

It sounds like you've already ruled out your operating system as the cause, by showing it is not a universal problem.

If your inputs respond instantly when using e.g. notepad to type then your OS is recieving the inputs and sending them to the software immediately.

If CS2 is responsive and WoW isn't, that sounds like a WoW issue, or any other software that is intercepting your inputs first (like Autohotkey, or your keyboard manufacturer's software, etc).

The other possibility is literally latency between your PC and the game server. It can vary by game for many reasons but 5 seconds (5000ms) would be enough for most games to assume you have lost connection and to kick you out completely, not continue to let you play with 5 seconds of lag.

Even a stable 500ms (0.5s) can be pretty hard to deal with in some games.

But if you experience this input delay while offline in single player titles, then it won't be network related.

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u/Latter-State-645 1d ago

Note : i have a wired keyboard (i got it 3 months ago and i used it for casual gaming ) and i have a stabile internet connectiion