still, it is possible to adjust your latency as low as it can go without causing the computer to stutter, which is accomplished either through your soundcard or interface setting, or through third-party audio driver. when it come down to it, how low your latency can be set is dependent upon such fators as computer speed, system bus speed,soundcard performance, and system memory.most computer purchased today are powerful enough that you can get the latency pretty low, but you still have to experiment to find the setting that provide the best performance.