Occasionally Very Laggy Mouse

[scotthellewell]

Originally Posted by Wim

I think this is an effect of the pixel encoding on Windows 8. We have a good idea of what the problem is... just finding a way to improve it.

Wim

I am having this problem as well. The problem seems to only come up when the mouse cursor changes. If you are in an app that has a consistent mouse cursor, all is well. A good example of this is if you just see the desktop and can move the mouse all you want without the lag.

When you have a webpage and move your mouse you see lots of lag as it jumps from the pointer to the text selector to the what ever mouse cursor.

Obviously this isn't much fun.

EDIT:

As I have continued to attempt to solve this issue, I have found something that makes a world of difference.

Go to your mouse pointer settings and turn on the mouse trail. I put the following distance to the lowest setting and I hardly notice the trail, but the lag and stuttering of the mouse as the cursor changes has disappeared.