HOW TO: drastically improve your latency (Windows)

Hi folks!

Turns out, Windows is a piece of crapware ("yeah, tell me something new..").
I died trice due to my latency spiking much above 1000ms.
Yeah, not so much fun, so I figured out a tool that improved my latency substantially!

No Bloatware/Virus/Malware. Create a Windows system restore point prior tweaking!

DISCLAIMER: Warning to all users, the steps outlined in this thread have the potential to break your game and/or operating system, Grinding Gear Games and Sarkoth take no responsibility for any damage you cause to your game and/or system.

Want to check your latency prior to altering Windows?
Check your latency with this utility: DPC Latency Checker
I used the ingame "F1" OSD to verify improvement.

LEATRIX FIX works wonders!

Leatrix Latency Fix 3

Try it now! Results completely reversible in Windows 7. Approved and tested by myself.




Might be, you want to use an alternative utility:
Step 1: Choose "optimal" setting, "Apply settings" and reboot (be sure to confirm the backup when asked - in case you want to reverse the settings)

Find the utility here: SG TCP Optimizer

Step 2: Enjoy the game much more due to decrease of high latency!

You think maybe it's a Sound Card driver issue or something sound related?
this might help you: ASIO4ALL - Universal ASIO Driver For WDM Audio

Hope this helps!

Cheers

-= RESERVED =-

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Sarkoth wrote:

Hi folks!

Turns out, Windows is a piece of crapware ("yeah, tell me something new..").

First thanks for interesting software info but in regard of windows I know many many people think it is pieco of crap but show me better OS which works on so many different PC's or laptops has such a good driver base and has good API and developer support.

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Mettiu wrote:

show me better OS which works on so many different PC's or laptops has such a good driver base and has good API and developer support.

of course, it was "Windows-Bashing" of me. Still, I believe many people are going to cry out in response to sentence above :)

BTW, I like Windows Phone best (and run W7 64bit @home)

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Sarkoth wrote:

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Mettiu wrote:

show me better OS which works on so many different PC's or laptops has such a good driver base and has good API and developer support.

of course, it was "Windows-Bashing" of me. Still, I believe many people are going to cry out in response to sentence above :)

BTW, I like Windows Phone best (and run W7 64bit @home)

I also like Windows Phone a lot (I run W8 @64bit and so far verry happy with it ;) ).

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Mettiu wrote:

First thanks for interesting software info but in regard of windows I know many many people think it is pieco of crap but show me better OS which works on so many different PC's or laptops has such a good driver base and has good API and developer support.

Leatrixfix still helped me a lot with random d/c and overall network game stability! Remind you.