Troubleshooting Lag, Stuttering & FPS Issues

1. Update Windows as much as possible

Make sure your Windows operating system is updated to the latest version available. This ensures compatibility and optimal performance.

2. Reduce your mouse & keyboard polling rate/report rate

2.1 - Open each respective software for your mouse and keyboard.

2.2 - Set your mouse & keyboard polling rate to 1000Hz or lower, especially when using a weak CPU.

3. Close any and all unnecessary or resource-heavy programs in the Windows 'hidden icon menu'/system tray such as:

• Wallpaper Engine
• Rainmeter
• Lively Wallpaper
• Recording apps (Medal, Steelseries.gg, etc.)

4a. If using an NVIDIA GPU:

4a.1 - Download the 'Nvidia app'.

4a.2 - Open the Nvidia overlay (press Alt+Z by default).

4a.3 - Navigate to the Instant replay page and disable it.

4a.4 - Navigate to the Highlights page and disable it.

4b. If using an AMD GPU:

4b.1 - Open your AMD Radeon software.

4b.2 - Globally disable for both your game, and Crosshair X:

• Fluid Motion Frames
• Anti-lag
• Anisotropic Filtering
• Instant replay
• Freesync

5. Set Crosshair X to Realtime priority

5.1 - Open the Windows task manager.

5.2 - Navigate to the Details page.

5.3 - Search for "crosshair" and right-click each Crosshair X instance, hover over 'set priority' and set all to Realtime.

6. If the two previous methods hasn't solved the issue:

6.1 - Join our Discord community and contact our staff for personalized support.