new keyboard.
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12 Jan 2010, 14:36
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I need a new keyboard that I can press as many buttons as possible on without the keyboard going 'BEEP!' or just stops reacting. I played with a 9€ keyboard during the latter stages of EC and it made be handicapped not being able to move normally and tilted me fucking hard.
Before this I used a razer tarantula keyboard but I broke the V button on it and it's pretty messed up. I really can't be arsed to pay 75€ for that keyboard again just because I want a keyboard that will react when I press like 5 buttons at the same time.
So any ideas? Give me some names of a cheap keyboard that I can press like (more than) 5 keys with at the same time.
Before this I used a razer tarantula keyboard but I broke the V button on it and it's pretty messed up. I really can't be arsed to pay 75€ for that keyboard again just because I want a keyboard that will react when I press like 5 buttons at the same time.
So any ideas? Give me some names of a cheap keyboard that I can press like (more than) 5 keys with at the same time.
I crouch while I strafejump ingame most of the time and also check scores etc and it pisses me off so hard when the keyboard stops reacting all of a sudden cause of this.
disadvantage are the f1-f12 buttons, it's hard to find them because they are not separated in in 4th-groups like at normal keyboard. another thing you have to get used to.
are you sure the peep-thing has to do with the keyboard? u dunno
with my cherry keyboard i can press multiple buttons. i can to crouch while strafejump ofc
so imho it could be usb-controller or other hardware-random-shit in computer dunno
beginning at 30€ incl shipping
10€:D
thats some pro shit.
wolves and stuff.
and this was one of the requirements .... :x
die play/pause taste geht nur beim wmp
rest funzt :D
"Oh f*ck, i need more than 7 button i can press at the same time"
xD
i've been using this one for years - no problems. I checked and you can press 5 keys w/o BEEP! don't need more if you have normal 5-fingered hands. :D
because with my current keyboard I have no beeps but in ET there are still problems.
//edit: got it connected on PS/2 port.
Good keyboard and i bought it for 15 euros
cheap, lasts long and is really comfortable.
and uberdelay imo
Sure, PS2 supports full n-key rollover which USB (without nifty drivers) doesn't. Then again, I don't know what kind of mutant you are but USB supports pushing down 6 keys at once which is more than sufficient for gaming or pretty much any other mundane every day task.
Besides that, both PS2 and USB are serial buses on which USB operates far faster than PS2. Not that that even matters because it simply comes down to both devices being way faster than the in comparison extremely slow devices they interact with. Humans.
crouch + moving around + sprint(uselss if you crouch...)+jump+ putting riflenade on or switching weapon, would probably be the biggest combination I can think of..
Any nomal decent keyboard can handle that or u just fucked the keyboard up... My logitech elite media is still working after 4 or more years so pls..;)
I have no idea how many buttons I press while ingame but clearly most keyboards are just not good enough because most i've tried except for gaming keyboards have had this problem and it pisses me off so much ingame that I can barely play like that.
With random Hiper 9€ keyboard and several Microsoft shitkeyboards I've tried does have this problem. On the same computer. Maybe there's something that you can do to prevent this from happening with a regular shitkeyboard, and if there is I wouldn't mind getting info on how to do fix it.
GL solving your problem!
either way, doesn't matter. My old keyboard is broke and I'm look for a better alternative than the 9€ keyboard i'm using right now.
Doesn't cost 60 euro like those gaming keyboards... :(
im using this! no beep sound.
You could look for advice at http://geekhack.org/ as mostly people on crossfire have no idea what makes a decent keyboard.
If you didn't care about money you could buy one of the keyboards here
A cheaper alternative
This was the link I was looking for http://www.kbfly.com/Cherry_3484_EN.htm
The other thing about getting a decent keyboard is that you have to live in Germany or Japan in order to get them delivered locally. I usually have to pay extra to get them shipped over.
There is a huge choice when it comes to keyboards (switch type etc). If you don't want to spend to much money I guess looking for a cherry model would be an option.
if you arent satisfied with razer maybe you should look for a way to disable the beeping sound through the software.
I was satisfied with my razer keyboard btw, it's just that it's broke now and I bought a cheap one that has this ghosting problem.
got ghosting aswell btw :P
the fags from razer cant make decent instruction/faq so almost NOONE knows about turbo mode
- "soft buttons" well how to explan?^^ smart feeling if you push the buttons and it's not that loud like other standart keyboards :P
- you can smash the keyboard as hard as you want & it's still working. tested by myself :)
- you can push 5 buttons @same time!!! :P
BUY IT!!1!!!!11!!!
pwnage!
well I see your post under mine where you explain how to do it, but what does it change then and is there something bad about it?
and there's nothing bad about it :D
but why isn't it in turbo mode by default then?
and one more stupid Q. I find the profile button, but where/which one is the RAZER button :s ?
between right alt and ctrl :D
I thought it's in some special place, didn't really understand to check among the normal keys :)
I use that kb on my playing PC, so gotta try it when I put it on
and btw, if I do it once, it stays on for next time I power up the PC or do I need to do it everytime again when I start up?
http://h8m3.wippiespace.com/pack/KeyScan.exe
does it get stuck inside and doesnt pop out or what?
if so - just swap it with one of those blue keys or with some other key and it should work well, whetting keys is one of the main problems of membrane keyboards ;s
btw for pure n-key rollover aka NKRO(the feature allowing to press 5+ or all keys at once) on tarantula you need to switch turbo mode on, otherwise it's not better than any other keyboard on the market:
though NKRO isn't really N-key, allows up to 10 keys or a bit more
as for cheapest NKRO keyboard they all are mechanic PS/2 ones and would cost about the same as tarantula or more ;s http://www.overclock.net/computer-peripherals/491752-mechanical-keyboard-guide.html
but anyway mechanical keyboards are worth every penny, i tried steelseries 6g and basically the badly implemented standart 3key rollover on that model is the only thing which i disliked, everything else pwned, mechanical keys <3
but if you really dont wanna spend much - buy some fancy modern gaming usb keyboard, most of them are limited by USB standart which supports up to 6keys+4modifiiers pressed at once or smth like this which might be enough for you
at this point i'm not really sure what keyboard I'm gonna buy, I'm leaning towards the ABS M1 Heavy Duty Professional Gaming Mechanical Keyboard, but if I can't find it anywhere in Sweden i'm just gonna go ahead and buy a razer/steelseries keyboard or whatever as long as it has this NKRO technology.
and btw, the NKRO function was working fine when I used tarantula, it's just that I'm using a random 9 euro keyboard right now and it doesn't have this technology obv :p
edit:
ABS M1 is one of the cheapest mechanical keyboards, BUT afaik it doesnt have advanced rollover, first revision was only able to handle 1(!!!!!!!!!) keypress at once. was fixed l8r and now I believe it's the same as your 9 euro keyboard, they dont have full NKRO in the feature list ;s
I believe in sweden you can easily find Steelseries 7G which is a fucking decent mechanical keyboard with full NKRO, it's a bit more expensive than tarantula but it's MUCH better imo.
getting another tarantula would make you make you write the same journal in 3-5 years when it breaks again.
getting steelseries 7g will make you write the same journal in your next life when keyboards are out of fashion.
and steelseries 6g(the one i tried, old and also cheap one) has only 3key rollover(cant press some combos like fdv or qwa, prolly the same as your 9 euro keyboard now) eventhough it's mechanical <3 and to type on it is a pleasure.
e: I appreciate the post/clarification btw :p
Very good and quite cheap.