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What is latency?

The problem of system latency

  • Peripheral Latency: The time it takes your input device to process your mechanical input and send those input events to the PC Game Latency: The time it takes for the CPU to process input or changes to the world and submit a new frame to the GPU to be rendered Render Latency: The time from when the frame gets in line to be rendered to when the GPU completely renders the frame PC Latency: The time it takes a frame to travel through the PC. This includes both Game and Render Latency Display Latency: The time it takes for the display to present a new image after the GPU has finished rendering the frame System Latency: The time encompassing the whole end-to-end measurement - from the start of peripheral latency to the end of display latency

What is Nvidia Reflex? And which games support it?

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What if a game doesn’t support Reflex?

Other ways to reduce system latency

Increase your polling rate

Turn on Exclusive Fullscreen

Turn off VSync

Activate Game Mode and hardware acceleration

  • Press the Start button on your keyboard and type game  Click Game Mode Settings when it appears at the top of the Start menu Click the button to turn on Game mode

  • Press the Start button and search for Graphics Settings Then click to turn on Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling Scroll down and view the settings for “graphics performance preference” from there you can choose the app to set your preference. For Nvidia, this is the Nvidia Control panel. You can select this as a desktop app or Microsoft store app via the dropdown.  Click on the app, click options and select high performance

Activate your maximum refresh rate

  • Right-click on your desktop and click display settings Scroll down until you see “advanced display settings” Then scroll down to refresh rate and click the drop down. From there select your monitor’s maximum refresh rate.

  • Right-click on your desktop and click the Nvidia Control panel Under “display” find the option for “change resolution”  From there click the refresh rate drop-down and select the highest possible setting.

Activate G-Sync

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Which gaming mice are Nvidia Reflex compatible? 

  • Acer Predator Cestus 330/350 Alienware AW610M/AW720M AOC GM500/GM510 Gaming Mouse AOPEN Fire Legend GM310     ASUS ROG Chakram and Chakram Core ASUS ROG Gladius III and Gladius III wireless ASUS ROG Keris and Keris wireless ASUS ROG Spatha X Corsair DARK CORE RGB PRO and SE Corsair Katar Pro Wireless and XT Corsair Sabre Pro and champion series Corsair M65 RGB Elite Corsair Nightsword RGB EVGA X12, X15 and X17 Hyperx Pulsefire Haste Logitech Pro X Superlight MSI Clutch GM41 lightweight and wireless Razer Basilisk Ultimate Razer DeathAdder V2 and Pro  Razer Viper Ultimate Roccat Burst Pro Roccat Kone Pro Roccat Kone Pro Air Roccat Kone XP SteelSeries Rival 3

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