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[Dean Richardson]

Hey everyone, just circling back to close this out — I finally tracked down the local dimming latency issue and it turned out the panel wasn’t the real culprit. Turned out my motherboard was defaulting to an aggressive adaptive sync / CSM combo in BIOS that was interfering with the mini-LED’s local dimming cycles, which is what was throwing the framedrops during those fast flicks in VALORANT and CS. Followed your advice and toggled that BIOS setting off, then disabled local dimming in the monitor’s OSD for my competitive profile, and the hitches completely disappeared.

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[Dean Richardson]

Re: Cable Drag and Wireless Freedom: Physics of Flexible Paracord vs Bungee Setup

Great topic. The core physics difference comes down to elastic potential energy storage. Paracord (typically 550 or 750 nylon) has near-zero elongation under load—its spring constant is so high it barely stretches, so it stores negligible energy. That means no rubber-band snap-back, which is exactly what you want for a competitive gaming mouse or controller where consistent cable tension translates to predictable feel. Bungee, by contrast, obeys Hooke’s law in a way that actively fights you: as you move the peripheral outward, it stretches and stores elastic energy (½kx²), then releases that energy as a pulling force when you move back toward center. For fast flicks or wide

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