Wireless versus wired headsets at the same price

Long-time lurker, first proper post. What actually changed my results was slowing down and reading the tooltips properly instead of rushing.

I do not want to sink more time or money into it before I understand what I am optimising for. Marking this solved once something actually works.

Depends on your setup, but broadly if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

That fixed it for me, at least.

Counterpoint: that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

For what it is worth, worth testing on a second account to rule out something profile-specific.

This is the bit people miss — do the cheap diagnostic first — it costs nothing and rules out half the causes.

Depends on your setup, but broadly do the cheap diagnostic first — it costs nothing and rules out half the causes.

Adding to the above: nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

This comes up a lot, so: the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

Only partly related, but region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

The usual fix here is the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.

Counterpoint: if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

That fixed it for me, at least.