Why am I experiencing extreme frame drops and mouse lag when using 4k or 8k polling rate.

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That definitely sounds frustrating. You’ve got a high-end system that ran 4K or 8K polling rates just fine on Windows 10, but after upgrading to Windows 11, you're seeing serious frame drops and mouse lag—dropping from 190 FPS to 120 and getting choppy input unless you lower to 1K polling. You’ve even tested multiple mice, so we can rule that out. Let’s go over what’s likely going on and what you can try.

Why this happens on Windows 11. Windows 11 introduced changes to how it handles high-frequency polling devices, especially with newer input stack features and background process handling. While your hardware may not be the issue, the OS scheduling or USB controller driver may not be optimized for 4K/8K polling.

Some users also report USB controller bottlenecks with high polling + gaming loads, especially on certain chipsets.

What you can try:

1. Set your system to Ultimate or High Performance

Open Settings > System > Power & battery > Power mode

Choose Best performance

Or enable the hidden Ultimate Performance plan via PowerShell:

powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61

Then go to Control Panel > Power Options and set it to Ultimate Performance

This reduces background throttling that affects mouse polling.

2. Update USB and chipset drivers manually (not through Device Manager). Head to your motherboard manufacturer’s website and download:

Latest USB drivers

Latest chipset drivers

(Optional but helpful) Latest BIOS update. Windows 11 may have used generic drivers during the upgrade.

3. Disable "Enhance Pointer Precision" and other smoothing features.

Go to Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Mouse > Additional mouse settings

Under the Pointer Options tab, uncheck Enhance pointer precision

This avoids OS-level smoothing that can conflict with higher polling rates.

4. Switch USB ports. Plug the mouse directly into a rear I/O USB 3.0 or 3.2 port on your motherboard. Avoid front panel or USB hubs—some ports can’t handle high polling reliably under Windows 11.

5. Optional (if nothing else works): Roll back to Windows 10. You said you had no issues before the update. If the 4K/8K experience is critical to you and none of the above helps, reverting to Windows 10 might be worth considering—especially while Windows 11 continues maturing its high polling rate input handling.

Please let me know if you need any further assistance. Looking forward to your response.

For the most part it is running extremely smoothly, only time it gets bad when the drop pods with Grunts/Spectres drop in it will occasionally cause a dip in frame rate or lag. It is usually only happens when you are near them when they come down.

Polling rate is not completely relative to Input lag. This is often an issue with the xbox console. If you experience input lag then I suggest unplugging and replugging your mouse

Polling rate is different per mouse, and you can
change the polling rate settings on either the firmware software or a button on the mouse.

Most "Gaming" mice have an exceptionally high poll rate and DPI resolution, which isn't properly supported in some games yet.

If your mouse came with a configuration software that allows you to change the DPI sensitivity or the Poll rate, try to set the mouse to a lower DPI and poll rate (125Hz poll rate is recommended).

If you are unable to change the poll rate or DPI sensitivity, then you can't use that gaming mouse on the Xbox One yet.

If you really need a dedicated Xbox gaming mouse, wait for the official Xbox One Razer gaming mouse, or simply get yourself a cheap office/business mouse instead of an expensive gaming mouse.