Input delay on new system higher than previous system

[ObilvionNizer]

Hi all, recently got a new PC built. Ryzen 7600, Asus TUF B650 Plus wifi mother board. I have a xbox elite v2 controller connected to it via onboard bluetooth. On the new PC the input delay between pressing the button is about 10/15 seconds. When I used my controller on my old PC via a usb bluetooth adapter before I got my new one the input delay was maybe a max of 5 seconds. All drivers are up to date. 

 Any advice?

[BornOrca]

Have you installed the latest drivers for the bluetooth adapter? It should be contained on the manufacturers website. Might be worth a shot.

[ObilvionNizer]

7 minutes ago, BornOrca said:

Have you installed the latest drivers for the bluetooth adapter? It should be contained on the manufacturers website. Might be worth a shot.

Updated all the drivers from the manufacturers website as soon as I turned it on.

 

I was thinking of disabling the onboard bluetooth and plug in the adapter from the old PC to give it a try amd see if the lag stays the same or improves. 

[Blasty Blosty]

2 minutes ago, ObilvionNizer said:

I was thinking of disabling the onboard bluetooth and plug in the adapter from the old PC to give it a try amd see if the lag stays the same or improves. 

Yes, try that

 

You shouldn't need to disable the mobo bluetooth, Windows normally prefers adapters itself

[BornOrca]

3 minutes ago, ObilvionNizer said:

Updated all the drivers from the manufacturers website as soon as I turned it on.

 

I was thinking of disabling the onboard bluetooth and plug in the adapter from the old PC to give it a try amd see if the lag stays the same or improves. 

Good idea,

Can you try manually connecting the controller to the computer using a usb c wire? Just to fully confirm that the input delay is only down to the Bluetooth adapter, and not any other underlying issue.

[ObilvionNizer]

4 minutes ago, Blasty Blosty said:

Yes, try that

 

You shouldn't need to disable the mobo bluetooth, Windows normally prefers adapters itself

 

2 minutes ago, BornOrca said:

Good idea,

Can you try manually connecting the controller to the computer using a usb c wire? Just to fully confirm that the input delay is only down to the Bluetooth adapter, and not any other underlying issue.

I will give it a try when I'm home later and will post an update. 

[Alex Atkin UK]

54 minutes ago, ObilvionNizer said:

Hi all, recently got a new PC built. Ryzen 7600, Asus TUF B650 Plus wifi mother board. I have a xbox elite v2 controller connected to it via onboard bluetooth. On the new PC the input delay between pressing the button is about 10/15 seconds. When I used my controller on my old PC via a usb bluetooth adapter before I got my new one the input delay was maybe a max of 5 seconds. All drivers are up to date. 

 Any advice?

More likely to be game/GPU settings causing display latency, input delay on the controller will be in milliseconds.

[TatamiMatt]

I have/had a similar thing, xbox controller, playing god of war ragnarok, however plugging it in fixed this. But it was specific to this game and a few people on some forums were having a similar issue due to some memory leaks and other memory errors and recommended plugging it in, not sure if this is helpful, but something else thats similar to add just

[ObilvionNizer]

20 hours ago, BornOrca said:

Good idea,

Can you try manually connecting the controller to the computer using a usb c wire? Just to fully confirm that the input delay is only down to the Bluetooth adapter, and not any other underlying issue.

Disabled the onboard bluetooth and plug in the usb bluetooth adapter. 

 

When the usb adapter was plugged it it had the yellow warning symbol on the device in device manager. Tried to update but it windows said it was up to date. 

 

I was still able to connect to the usb adapter with the Xbox controller but it disconnected after 5 minutes. 

 

Removed the adapter and enabled the onboard bluetooth. Tried another game and the input delay was still there. 

 

Plugged it in via type c and there was no input delay at all. 

[BornOrca]

On 2/8/2025 at 9:19 AM, ObilvionNizer said:

Disabled the onboard bluetooth and plug in the usb bluetooth adapter. 

 

When the usb adapter was plugged it it had the yellow warning symbol on the device in device manager. Tried to update but it windows said it was up to date. 

 

I was still able to connect to the usb adapter with the Xbox controller but it disconnected after 5 minutes. 

 

Removed the adapter and enabled the onboard bluetooth. Tried another game and the input delay was still there. 

 

Plugged it in via type c and there was no input delay at all. 

Okay cool. Surely that indicates there's a problem with the adapter then. There's only a couple of ways I can think to troubleshoot this.

• First you should address the warning in device manager, by reinstalling the driver. Right click -> Properties -> Device status, if it's a driver issue. Uninstall the device. Windows should download a suitable driver automatically but if this doesn't happen just install it off the manufacturers website.
• This could indicate an interference issue? I've heard on reddit some people have issues with using USB Bluetooth adapters in USB 3.0 slots, so perhaps try it in a 2.0 slot.
• Are you using WIFI or ethernet? WIFI could be causing interference, especially if you're connected to the 2.4GhZ band on your network. If possible try connecting to the 5GHZ band and see if there's any improvement? 

[Mark Kaine]

On 2/7/2025 at 1:42 PM, ObilvionNizer said:

Hi all, recently got a new PC built. Ryzen 7600, Asus TUF B650 Plus wifi mother board. I have a xbox elite v2 controller connected to it via onboard bluetooth. On the new PC the input delay between pressing the button is about 10/15 seconds. When I used my controller on my old PC via a usb bluetooth adapter before I got my new one the input delay was maybe a max of 5 seconds. All drivers are up to date. 

 Any advice?

even 5 seconds is absolutely bonkers,  that isn't just input delay anymore that's just pure lag...

are you sure about these numbers and can give some examples when this happens? 

[Mark Kaine]

On 2/7/2025 at 2:32 PM, Alex Atkin UK said:

More likely to be game/GPU settings causing display latency, input delay on the controller will be in milliseconds.

yeah something is completely off - however, if its really *5-15 seconds* i can believe something off with the drivers, system settings  etc... (since they're also getting the yellow sign for driver malfunction...)

 

 

@ObilvionNizer also, do you live in a big city or more rural area...?

[Mark Kaine]

3 hours ago, BornOrca said:

There's only a couple of ways I can think to troubleshoot this.

or OP can try what i do...

 

 

only way i can get the DS4 controller to work on my PC ("wirelessly" mind you )

 

as soon i plug the controller into my PC it stops working completely and i need voodoo driver trickery to get it working again. 

[Alex Atkin UK]

2 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

or OP can try what i do...

 

 

only way i can get the DS4 controller to work on my PC ("wirelessly" mind you )

 

as soon i plug the controller into my PC it stops working completely and i need voodoo driver trickery to get it working again. 

I've never had any problems using DS4 wired on PC, other than Windows switching to it as the default audio device and it doesn't retain a charge after being used wired.

Its a huge shame to not be able to use it wired given some games have full support for its haptics when plugged in.

[Mark Kaine]

3 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

I've never had any problems using DS4 wired on PC, other than Windows switching to it as the default audio device and it doesn't retain a charge after being used wired.

Its a huge shame to not be able to use it wired given some games have full support for its haptics when plugged in.

DS4 has no haptics other than rumble and that works just fine?

 

but yeah i have no idea why it stopped working... on my old mobo it happened "sometimes" on the new one it worked for a month and now it just doesn't  - tried several DS4 and even the old dongle that used to work on the old board...

[Alex Atkin UK]

20 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

DS4 has no haptics other than rumble and that works just fine?

 

but yeah i have no idea why it stopped working... on my old mobo it happened "sometimes" on the new one it worked for a month and now it just doesn't  - tried several DS4 and even the old dongle that used to work on the old board...

I believe you only get normal rumble simulation on bluetooth but you get the full haptic vibrations (audio played back as vibrations), resistive triggers and motion sensing when wired. (the latter particularly dumb that it only works wired when its a feature more useful when wireless)

Works on Sony PS5 games ported to PC and many cross-platform games released after the PS5, especially Ubisoft.

[Mark Kaine]

14 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Works on Sony PS5 games ported to PC and many cross-platform games released after the PS5, especially Ubisoft.

DS4 is a PS4 controller tho. 

 

additionally PS5 or Ubisoft games i own:  0 

[Alex Atkin UK]

4 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

DS4 is a PS4 controller tho. 

 

additionally PS5 or Ubisoft games i own:  0 

I don't know why I didn't notice that seeing as I saw the light triangle, should have been obvious.

[Mark Kaine]

13 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

I don't know why I didn't notice that seeing as I saw the light triangle, should have been obvious.

yeah idk either!

 

also my favorite controllers are:

 

DS3 (all broken in weird ways, usually one or more button) 

DS2 the GOAT, i have several, all working but there are some weird side effects of making them to work on PC.

Xbox 360 controller (my favorite which was wired, is broken (cable) might be fixable tho?)

got another but its wireless only, work, but needs a gigantic dongle and uses these batteries which are annoying to replace constantly...

Razer Wolverine v2 (wired), my daily driver, does everything right, except Razer built quality (1/10)

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

[Alex Atkin UK]

15 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

yeah idk either!

 

also my favorite controllers are:

 

DS3 (all broken in weird ways, usually one or more button) 

DS2 the GOAT, i have several, all working but there are some weird side effects of making them to work on PC.

Xbox 360 controller (my favorite which was wired, is broken (cable) might be fixable tho?)

got another but its wireless only, work, but needs a gigantic dongle and uses these batteries which are annoying to replace constantly...

Razer Wolverine v2 (wired), my daily driver, does everything right, except Razer built quality (1/10)

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

I'm PS5, Xbox One/Series, DS4, Xbox Duke
Its not that my hands are huge, but I have circulation problems that leads to instacramp on most controllers.

 

The Gamecube controller is quite comfortable but due to its unique button layout isn't very useful.

 

I found DS1-3 cramped my hands badly.

 

Steam Deck is the first portable I can use for more than 5 minutes without agonising pain.