Keyboard latency

1 · Dan Luu · Oct. 16, 2017, midnight
If you look at “gaming" keyboards, a lot of them sell for $100 or more on the promise that they’re fast. Ad copy that you’ll see includes: a custom designed keycap that has been made shorter to reduce the time it takes for your actions to register 8x FASTER - Polling Rate of 1000Hz: Response time 0.1 milliseconds Wield the ultimate performance advantage over your opponents with light operation 45g key switches and an actuation 40% faster than standard Cherry MX Red switches World's Fastest Ult...