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alindefaugh
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I understand where you are coming from and it's not like I'm playing for money or anything and I'm not that good but it's an annoying issue to have (inconsistent game play).It does sound like your supply is not the cleanest if you are having frequent voltage drops and have no ground. This opens you up more to the risk of EMI issues. It sounds like your UPS is single conversion rather than double conversion, in that it doesn't isolate the power supply. With mains connected, it is probably the case that power is going straight through rather than being corrected by the UPS.
It may be worth having a read through this forum, see if anything sounds familiar or can help.
[Power/EMI] I discover why sometime PC become fast and low input lag and otherwise feel high input lag - Blur Busters Forums - https://forums.blurbusters.com/viewtopic.php?t=6498
Asking for help from an electrician will be difficult if you cannot evidence the issue. That is the only reason the suggestion was there to collect metrics. To give them something to go on whether you need a power conditioner or a sports psychologist. I appreciate the whole competitive gaming aspect of incremental gains, and it may be the case that you can stop a stop watch on 2.87 seconds, give or take a hundredth, 9 times out of 10. Or it maybe the case that you have in your head that there is a difference, and the aspect of expecting, or looking for the difference is affecting your reactions. And there is no disrespect to your skills or experience in saying that, sports psychology of stuff like that is relevant to the highest levels. If you are picking up a definite difference when running on just UPS, drop the model of the UPS in chat, and we can try and work out whether it is double conversion model, and rule that out if necessary. What country are you based in?
I used to play Fifa back in the day with the same guy (full manual so the controls were not assisted by the game so ball goes where you aim the stick etc etc) and when the system was fine (on very rare occasions) I was stomping him and he would quit raging after maybe 2-3 matches after he fouled all my players. When it was not, the matches were so close, I was always late to challenges. We always played same teams so basically the exact same setup. This is why I don't need blind tests etc, I already know something is way way off
These are the features of the UPS
Features
- Line-interactive UPS Topology
- Active PFC Compatible
- Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR)
- LED Status Indicator
- Surge and Spike Protection
- USB Charging Port
- Energy Saving Technology
- Pure Sine Wave Output
- LCD Status Display
- PowerPanel® Management Software
- Phone/Fax/Modem/DSL/Network Protection
- Tower Form Factor
On Battery Waveform Pure Sine Wave