Mouse Lag and performance issue while playing Halo 2

It runs well on full high settings except for the mouse lag.

By "lag" you mean the game is running smoothly and frame rate is also good, but you are not able to aim or turn quickly using mouse, mouse pointer is really slow, right?

Hi all,

Thank you for all the answers that you gave me, however none of them worked. I still have not fixed the issue yet, however I did manage to get the intel graphics control panel onto my computer, which did not have it already.

I got the instructions from reddit

1. Got to https://downloadcenter.intel.com/
2. For "Select a product family", select "Graphics Drivers"
3. For "Select a product line", select "Laptop graphics drivers"
4. For "Select a product name", this will vary depending on your model. If you have an i3 model select "4th Generation ... Graphics 4200", i5 model select "4th Generation ... Graphics 4400", i7 model select "4th Generation ... Graphics 5000"
5. Click Find
6. Click on the first driver link (make sure it says "64bit" at the end)
7. Click on the second driver download link to download the zip version of the driver (exe version won't work)
8. Once downloaded, extract the zip
9. Open Device Manager (can be found by right-clicking the start button or searching for it)
10. Expand "Display Adapters"
11. Right-click "Intel(R) HD Graphics Family"
12. Click "Update Driver Software..."
13. Click "Browse my computer for driver software"
14. Click "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
15. Click "Have Disk"
16. Click "Browse"
17. Find the zip folder you extracted earlier (win64_15367, or something similar)
18. Open the "Graphics" sub-folder
19. Select the "kit64ics.inf" file and click Open
20. Click OK
21. Click Next and the driver should begin installing. Note: Your screen may flicker on and off a few times during the installation process, this is normal.
22. After the driver has finished installing, reboot your Surface

The good news: I have the intel Graphics Control Panel

The Bad news: I do not think there is an option for vsync, however there is an option for specific program profiles.

Hopefully We will get to a solution soon.

Hello Milan,

Thank you for the Update on this issue.

I would suggest you to perform SFC scan and check if that helps. The sfc/scannow command scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.

Note: System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

After installing all the pending updates, please try to run DISM Windows image scan and restore health command.

Following are the steps:

1. Press Windows + X, select Command Prompt (admin).
2. Type, “Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth”(without quotes) and push Enter.
3. After completion type, “Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth”(without quotes) and push Enter.
4. After completion type, “Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth”(without quotes) and push Enter.
5. When finished, it is recommended to restart the PC to configure any updates that may have been affected by this.

If issue still persists please reply with the details of the troubleshooting steps with the result.

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows related issues, we’ll be glad to assist you.

I have installed all the updates and I still have the same issue. I also went to the download center and downloaded the graphics card drivers, and when I ran the exe it said that I had all the current drivers installed.

Hello Milan,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

As per your description, I understand that you are facing performance issue while playing Halo 2 on your Windows 8.1 computer. I will certainly help you with the issue. However, we need few more details to understand the cause of the issue.

Ensure that all the Windows Updates are installed on your computer as the issue may be occurring due to some missing security updates.

Please follow the steps to install available Windows Updates. Make sure you run the Windows Updates while your mouse is connected to your computer.

1. Press Windows + R, type control.exe and then click on ok.
2. Change the view by (from windows explorer) to large icons or small icons.
3. Double Click on Windows Update.
4. Click Check for Updates. After the scan is complete, click Review optional updates.
5. Click the check box next to the updates, then click Install updates.
6. If prompted, review the license agreement, then click I Accept.
7. Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install the updates. If prompted, reboot your computer.

As of now, I recommend you to perform Intel driver update.

Download the latest drivers from the Video card manufacturer and get it installed 

Support >Download Center

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows related issues, we’ll be glad to assist you.