The latency problem with modern PCs

[PurpleGaga27 39]

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. 

[TaxOwlbear 20]

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!

[Lauren 78]

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

[Plok 320]

44 minutes ago, Lauren said:

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

Are you insulting South Korean StarCraft players?

[Lauren 78]

Were you insulting my Mammoth Tanks?

[Plok 320]

1 minute ago, Lauren said:

Were you insulting my Mammoth Tanks?

100% Mammoth

0% Orca

'Nuff said.

[Lauren 78]

Also A-Move. Quite important.