We all know that PC games offer a myriad of customization options that aren’t found on traditional game consoles, allowing you to tweak the experience to your liking. Did you know it’s possible to change the latency of a PC game as well? Our last article, explaining how your controller’s responsiveness is largely tied to the developer’s vision of their game. Due to PC being open architecture, it’s possible to tweak the latency of a PC game using a variety of options in your graphic card’s control panel, as well as third party programs. A game that requires this level of tweaking is Ultra Street Fighter IV. The game was mainly designed for Nvidia architecture, which resulted in the PC, PlayStation 3, and arcade versions being similar to each other in terms of latency. Switch to Forum Live View Street Fighter IV for PC. Then why would getting a new video card fix it. I'm guessing if it was just my pc. Super Street Fighter 4. Jul 16, 2011 Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (PC). Connections or computer scores less than. Sale but I just realized that it was only Street Fighter IV. However, the fighting game community started to notice that the Xbox 360 version of the game had lower input lag over other versions. I measured this difference in latency when I wrote my last article, and the difference is quite noticeable: the Xbox 360 version of USFIV averaged approximately 85ms of controller latency, whereas the PlayStation 3 version averaged approximately 107ms (check out our ). While technically not “arcade perfect”, most players preferred the lower latency inherent within the Xbox 360 version, which may have been a result of it using an AMD-based GPU. For years, the PC version at stock settings felt very similar to the PlayStation 3 version, which I personally didn’t enjoy due to increased latency. It felt awkward and unnatural after playing on the Xbox 360 version for so long. However, after plenty of experimentation, it’s possible to match and/or exceed the speed of the Xbox 360 version! It’s important to note that all of the tweaks mentioned below can work on any current PC game, and not just Ultra Street Fighter IV. Experiment and see what feels best to you!
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