Why does my gaming mouse feel delayed only in Fortnite?
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MapleOrbit42
My ROCCAT Kone Air feels extremely sluggish, delayed, and floaty only while playing Fortnite. Mouse movement on the Windows desktop and in other applications feels completely normal. I tested both the mouse's 2.4 GHz wireless connection and another wired mouse, and they showed the same issue in Fortnite. However, a cheap $5 mouse works perfectly on the same PC with the exact same game settings. My monitor runs at 1920×1080 and 100 Hz, and I'm using an RTX 4060. Could a Fortnite setting, mouse polling rate, driver, NVIDIA option, or configuration issue be causing certain mice to feel like they have smoothing or acceleration?
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Check the mouse polling rate in the ROCCAT software. A very high polling rate can sometimes cause odd input behavior in games. Try lowering it to 1000 Hz or even 500 Hz, then restart Fortnite and test again.
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MapleOrbit42: That was it—lowering the polling rate fixed the problem. Thanks so much!