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The latency problem with modern PCs

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Well I was surprised after reading this latest PC Gamer article regarding latency: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-latency-problem-why-modern-gaming-pcs-are-slower-than-an-apple-ii/

So keyboard functioning and response time was much faster back then. I thought by now keyboards should reached the speeds of USB 3.0+ to catch up with latency.... except that there are no faster keyboards today. :mellow:

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I did a test. When pressed the 'i' key to type the 'i' this post starts with, I paid attention to the time it takes between me pressing the key and he letter appearing in the box. It's instantaneous. Or at least it appears so quickly that I can't tell that there was any delay. In this case, the delay doesn't matter. Maybe it does for people who can type so fast that the machine can't keep up, but I doubt that an Apple II word processor can keep up with that.

Of course, if there was an actual problem here, they wouldn't have used a clickbait title. I for one can't member the last time I was sitting at my computer thinking "Man, these inputs don't happen FAST enough!"

Also, look at that speed!

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The old system uses interrupts while for USB the buffer is polled... I'm not sure you can even type 125 characters a second.

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44 minutes ago, Lauren said:

I'm not sure you can even type 125 characters a second.

Are you insulting South Korean StarCraft players?

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Were you insulting my Mammoth Tanks? :D

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1 minute ago, Lauren said:

Were you insulting my Mammoth Tanks? :D

100% Mammoth

0% Orca

'Nuff said.

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Also A-Move. Quite important.

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