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Originally Posted by Mergatroid 
I wasn't ranting. It was just an honest opinion, trying to point out how absurd it is to try and correct a fault by disabling a feature. This isn't the first time I've seen a piece of hardware act funny and the manufacturer tells you to shut off some feature to get it working properly. It may be an OK troubleshooting step, but it's not a solution. In fact, I'm trying to point out that, although the symptom may change with the v-sync setting, it's likely something else causing the problem considering not many other people with this mouse are having this particular problem (alternating lag).
I personally have never experienced mouse lag in any game I have. And I always use v-sync in games that exhibit tearing. So, perhaps some people are more sensitive to it than I am, or not all systems will do this when using v-sync. For example, I use v-sync in Guild Wars every day, and I have never noticed any lag. My FPS is pretty much pinned at 60Hz, and my mouse never lags. I also use it in a few FPS games, and again I have never noticed my mouse lagging.
I wasn't ranting. It was just an honest opinion, trying to point out how absurd it is to try and correct a fault by disabling a feature. This isn't the first time I've seen a piece of hardware act funny and the manufacturer tells you to shut off some feature to get it working properly. It may be an OK troubleshooting step, but it's not a solution. In fact, I'm trying to point out that, although the symptom may change with the v-sync setting, it's likely something else causing the problem considering not many other people with this mouse are having this particular problem (alternating lag).
I personally have never experienced mouse lag in any game I have. And I always use v-sync in games that exhibit tearing. So, perhaps some people are more sensitive to it than I am, or not all systems will do this when using v-sync. For example, I use v-sync in Guild Wars every day, and I have never noticed any lag. My FPS is pretty much pinned at 60Hz, and my mouse never lags. I also use it in a few FPS games, and again I have never noticed my mouse lagging.
You probably can't notice input lag in those games the same way I can't notice tearing, that's ok
What I was pointing out on one of those posts is that Vsync (configuration) is the problem here, not the hardware. The way Vsync works, it is prone to cause those glitches with some configurations, depending on Vsync implementation.
So it's not a problem of Mad Catz, really, or any other hardware company, but rather a software problem. When such problem arises, usually there is a need to tweak some settings so the problem can be lowered or even eliminated.
I'll point out to other instance where people is discussing input lag and Vsync and it's not related to mice :
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=474813
http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc/1409737-vsync-mouse-lag-fix.html
http://mystrd.at/articles/v-sync-mouse-lag-how-to-fix-it/
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1695869
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/116065-25-sync-sync
http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=39064
http://forums.trendyent.com/showthread.php?38775-Want-the-FPS-cap-removed-Want-to-use-Vsync-without-mouse-lag-Look-here!
http://www.overclock.net/t/669308/vsync-mouse-delay-still
I could go all day
