Faction wars roster help (high refresh rate)

Adding my findings in case they help someone. Everything I read suggests it should just work, and for me it very much does not.

Would rather learn the right way now than build a bad habit.

Short version: the averages hide the problem; look at the one percent lows instead.

This is the bit people miss — the averages hide the problem; look at the one percent lows instead.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

Not the answer you want, but that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

Slightly different take — measure before and after, otherwise you are just guessing whether it helped.

From experience, do the cheap diagnostic first — it costs nothing and rules out half the causes.

The usual fix here is the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Worth checking first: check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

That fixed it for me, at least.

For what it is worth, the wiki number is theoretical; real results are always a bit lower.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

For what it is worth, the averages hide the problem; look at the one percent lows instead.

Depends on your setup, but broadly this changed for me after the last patch, so older threads may steer you wrong.

Short version: verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.