Mouse Movement and FPS?

[rightseat 277]

Alright bright lads, I've got a problem that I hope your braintrust can help me out with.I have noticed with certain addon aircraft (Dreamfleet Wilco,and others) that I can attain my locked framerate value in the VC AS LONG AS I DON'T MOVE MY MOUSE. Once I move the mouse, the frames drop by 10-15 fps. "Weird," I thought. Once the mouse stops moving and disappears from the screen, up pops the framerate again and all is well.Does anyone else notice this problem?I have a USB optical mouse and the rest of my computer specs are in my signature. Any help from you wise sages would be most appreciated.Many thanks.

[Guest harleyman52]

Is your mouse wireless? And do you have a wireless modem/router nearby ?

[albar965 1,040]

Had the same problem some time ago.Switch off the mouse shadow and other effects in Windows.Do not use any fancy cursors. Just use the plain black/white default.That could help.Alex

[rightseat 277]

Thanks for the input. Yes, it is a wireless mouse and I do have a wireless router nearby. Would a traditional plug and play mouse help with the performance hit?I had previously turned off mouse shadowing and other effects, but I still had the problem. I appreciate your help, and any further ideas would be appreciated as well.:-)

[ZachLW 37]

BumpI've got the same issue with a Logitech LX7 wireless optical mouse. Latest drivers. Anymore ideas, guys?-Zach Waddell

[TechguyMaxC 516]

Try updating your mouse software.A couple years ago I was running a Logitech G5 laser mouse and there was a bug in the "SetPoint" software that created incredibly high CPU utilization rates which caused FPS in games to drop tremendously.