ROG Strix SCAR II Gaming Laptop Input Lag

[SSJ_7YL3R]

Hello,

 

I am wondering if anyone has experience with an issue similar to this on either their ROG Strix SCAR II, or different laptop that displays the same behavior. 

 

I am playing Rocket League with this laptop (144hz, GTX 1070, i7 8750h) and everything works as it should when the laptop is plugged in. When I unplug the laptop, performance takes a hit (obviously), and I am running at about 25% GPU capacity. Fortunately, RL still plays at 60FPS with lowered settings with ease. My issue is that when I've unplugged the laptop, I all of a sudden experience a ton of input lag with my USB gamepad. 

 

I use GeForce Experience Battery Boost to set my FPS limit to 60, but regardless of my frame cap, I still am having what feels like 50-100ms of input lag when I am in game. While plugged in, this isn't a problem, I input on the gamepad, and the game responds instantly, but unplugged, I feel a ton of lag in game. It feels like all of a sudden I am streaming the game over a network or something, and nothing responds as quickly as it should. 

 

Maybe the 144hz display has an increased delay while running on battery? Perhaps there is a setting that can be changed to eliminate this? 

 

Thanks for the help in advance. 

[Raudi_]

2 minutes ago, SSJ_7YL3R said:

Hello,

 

I am wondering if anyone has experience with an issue similar to this on either their ROG Strix SCAR II, or different laptop that displays the same behavior. 

 

I am playing Rocket League with this laptop (144hz, GTX 1070, i7 8750h) and everything works as it should when the laptop is plugged in. When I unplug the laptop, performance takes a hit (obviously), and I am running at about 25% GPU capacity. Fortunately, RL still plays at 60FPS with lowered settings with ease. My issue is that when I've unplugged the laptop, I all of a sudden experience a ton of input lag with my USB gamepad. 

 

I use GeForce Experience Battery Boost to set my FPS limit to 60, but regardless of my frame cap, I still am having what feels like 50-100ms of input lag when I am in game. While plugged in, this isn't a problem, I input on the gamepad, and the game responds instantly, but unplugged, I feel a ton of lag in game. It feels like all of a sudden I am streaming the game over a network or something, and nothing responds as quickly as it should. 

 

Maybe the 144hz display has an increased delay while running on battery? Perhaps there is a setting that can be changed to eliminate this? 

 

Thanks for the help in advance. 

Set power options on battery to maximum performance. Then do the same in the Nvidia Control Panel as well.

[SSJ_7YL3R]

13 minutes ago, KingCry said:

Set power options on battery to maximum performance. Then do the same in the Nvidia Control Panel as well.

I've changed the battery settings to performance, and I was allowing Nvidia Control Panel to allow the application to choose the render quality. like I said, 3D performance is acceptable under both conditions (for my expectations). 

 

I am still feeling the input lag, though maybe I am tricking myself jumping from 144hz to 60hz. From my experience, dropping to 60 FPS shouldn't necessarily make me feel like I am so "clunky" like I do. My inputs just seem snapier when plugged in, which makes me believe there is a delay that is happening while unplugged. 

 

Any further insight?

[TheBean]

probably a windows power saving thing. basically turning down the poling rate of usb devices to save power

[WambleCropped]

3 minutes ago, SSJ_7YL3R said:

I've changed the battery settings to performance, and I was allowing Nvidia Control Panel to allow the application to choose the render quality. like I said, 3D performance is acceptable under both conditions (for my expectations). 

 

I am still feeling the input lag, though maybe I am tricking myself jumping from 144hz to 60hz. From my experience, dropping to 60 FPS shouldn't necessarily make me feel like I am so "clunky" like I do. My inputs just seem snapier when plugged in, which makes me believe there is a delay that is happening while unplugged. 

 

Any further insight?

do you lag the most when a person leaves/joins?

[SSJ_7YL3R]

1 hour ago, Saksham said:

probably a windows power saving thing. basically turning down the poling rate of usb devices to save power

I was thinking it might be something like this. I am not sure myself. Do you think trying a Bluetooth controller might yield a different result? 

 

1 hour ago, Dat--Boi said:

do you lag the most when a person leaves/joins?

I've just been in freeplay. I know that there is stuttering that occurs frequently when people come and go mid-game, but this is unrelated to that kind of lag. 

[genexis_x]

Why play games with battery power. Kill battery faster

[SSJ_7YL3R]

Well I was able to solve this. Ended up using a PS4 controller with DS4Windows and the input lag was eliminated. Feels really good without the charger and 60FPS. The reason I wanted this for when I travel, etc. Can play for about 45 minute to an hour before it needs to be plugged in.