Need help" tf2 freezes when ever i move my mouse :(

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When I play TF2 it freezes when I move my mouse
So I got a new mouse and installed the drivers for it and everything went fine. Though when ever I play team fortress 2 I get sound and video stutter only when i move my mouse. I searched google a bit and it talked something about changing the polling rate to fix it but I don't know how. Anyways i'm using a R.A.T 3, some help would be appreciated. Can't play my fav game because when ever i move the mouse the game stutters and loops the sound and the video freezes along with it but when I stop moving it it goes back to normal and when I just walk around everything is fine.

1 decade ago*

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Sly34me

I'd say it's something more with Team Fortress.. Did you try re-installing it? You probably have the specifications to run the game without the stutter you mention, right? Team Fortress 2 isn't too demanding as far as I remember.

Does it do this with any other game?

1 decade ago

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RAIN7

Well I tried playing mass effect 2 and it does the same thing. I read somewhere because the polling rate is to high or something. On the box of the mouse it says it's set to 1000Hz

1 decade ago

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RAIN7

but i'm unsure how to change it and I looked at a video on how to change it but it failed and i had to uninstall the driver with my spare mouse and then reinstall the driver for my new mouse and it started working again.

1 decade ago

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Kelvinspringong

This is probably more than something like that, have you changed video card settings? Update them if needed, if that doesn't work delete your TF2 file and reinstall. If you haven't done that in a while it'll fragment and who knows what so besure to do that

1 decade ago

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RAIN7

yea everything is update already and i defragmented my hdd last week so it shouldn't be too bad.

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Janrok

You know what, I get that "stuttering" too, wheres there's a slight freeze or pause with your mouse. Where 1/100 clicks don't register and turning is not smooth. I think it may have to do something with your mouse settings and mouse pad, try lowering the polling rate.

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RAIN7

How do i lower it though all i see is settings for changing the dpi with the software that came with the mouse.

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RAIN7

I tried doing this way like in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_507016&feature=iv&src_vid=10MdqHg_U_E&v=BIGLyNWEYds

But instead of increaseing i was lowering it but when i restarted the computer the mouse wouldn't move.

1 decade ago