If you are looking for an easy article about “what causes input lag on pc”, then you have come to the right place.
And the quick answer is…
Wireless input devices (Keyboards and mouses) are usually the first suspects. Not meeting the game requirements or having too many applications running in the background can also cause input lag.
Input lag in video games is a result of two main things: frame rate and V-Sync implementation.
On consoles, it usually isn't possible to customize these options, resulting in a static controller response that is set forth by the developer.
PC gaming doesn't adhere to this restriction.
According to wikipedia…
Let’s look at how the wikipedia has defined “input lag”:
Input lag or input latency is the amount of time that passes between sending an electrical signal and the occurrence of a corresponding action. In video games the term is often used to describe any latency between an input and either the game or the display reacting to that input, despite the fact that this may emerge from a combination.
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