Competitive Baseline: The Master Checklist for Stable Feel (No Placebo)
Performance is repeatability. If your setup feels different day-to-day, you don’t have a ‘settings’ problem — you have a baseline problem. This checklist locks the essentials so tuning becomes meaningful.
Master Checklist
- Display: Game Mode on, enhancements off, correct refresh rate.
- Timing: stable frame cap, fix stutter type first.
- Input: one sensitivity/curve for a week, change one variable at a time.
- Audio: one spatial layer, stable output mode, minimal EQ.
- Network: test under load, fix bufferbloat before buying gear.
Rule: the baseline is the product. Tweaks are optional.
Related Guides
Game ModeStop hidden display latency.
Frame PacingStability is smoothness.
Audio PositioningCues first, effects second.
Queue ManagementStop latency spikes under load.
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