do gaming periferals matter

[Jasonbas]

i am a gamer but i ve been playing with a normal keyboard and a normal mouse of like 20$ each. so do they matter or not your choise

[Jasonbas]

please state your vote and say why 

[gloop]

They do. 

 

'Gaming mice' are designed to have a high-dpi so they have to have good sensors, which will improve accuracy.

 

Keyboards are personal preference.

[Jasonbas]

i feel like they dont mice might make a difference but a mouse is a mouse 

[Oswin]

for gaming mice, yes. gaming mice are designed to track well and give 1:1 movement with your hand.

keyboard as @gloop said are personal preference.

headsets? maybe, if you prefer to have the mic attached to your headset. 

[gloop]

Just now, Oswin said:

headsets? maybe, if you prefer to have the mic attached to your headset. 

the only advantage i can think of is that some headsets would have is 3d audio for games where positioning is key.

[MartinKweh]

On mice they do. Especially those that needs all those buttons. I play a lot of moba, rts and fps games and i tend to take advantage of the high dpi and macros to increase my apm. 

 

Gaming headsets tends to give lots of advantage to some games and even immersion to most. An example would be rainbow six siege where a simple headset would loose out on pinpointing the position of the enemy via footsteps. 

 

Another is optional but works on people that loves racing games. Stirring wheels. Otherwise, not really important.

 

On the keyboard side of things, it depends. As for me, switching to a mechanical keyboard helped me a lot on the accuracy of the key presses.

[Oswin]

2 minutes ago, gloop said:

the only advantage i can think of is that some headsets would have is 3d audio for games where positioning is key.

yeah, but most of them are a bit on the pricier side. 

[Tristerin]

No from my experience as anything can be labeled gaming.  Its just a cliché term to get sales.

 

I like a mouse that fits right in my hand, can DPI switch on the fly and has 5 buttons.  If its labeled gaming then so be it.

 

As for keyboards, I cant tell the diff between mechanical, mem-chanical, and membrane in regards to gaming.

 

Headsets?  I like them because it closes out more external sounds (I have kids) so that I can catch the small sounds during competitive gameplay.  So not really an edge just my environment prefers them.

[Guest]

Mice's definitely have an impact on performance, dpi and apm really matter. Keyboards are up to preferance

[MartinKweh]

2 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

As for keyboards, I cant tell the diff between mechanical, mem-chanical, and membrane in regards to gaming.

I can tell since membrane keyboards tend to have this times where if you didnt press hard enough, the keypress wont register. Which is why mechs tend to be preferable in games as one simple key press that didnt register affects the outcome of the game.

[Tristerin]

Just now, MartinKweh said:

I can tell since membrane keyboards tend to have this times where if you didnt press hard enough, the keypress wont register. Which is why mechs tend to be preferable in gamers as one simple key press that didnt register affects the outcome of the game.

I have one of each (and then some on keybs) and personally I cant tell a difference at all.  I tried to like mechanical.  In the end its just louder.  Maybe I am already a heavy handed button presser, dunno

[MartinKweh]

Just now, Tristerin said:

I have one of each (and then some on keybs) and personally I cant tell a difference at all.  I tried to like mechanical.  In the end its just louder.  Maybe I am already a heavy handed button presser, dunno

Might be. But the fact that mechs (i use red switch ) will have lighter or heavier feel than membrane keyboards. In my case, reds , which is pretty light. 

[Tristerin]

Just now, MartinKweh said:

Might be. But the fact that mechs (i use red switch ) will have lighter or heavier feel than membrane keyboards. In my case, reds , which is pretty light. 

*will have lighter or heavier* - that's an odd statement, because swinging either way changes the entire feel of a keyb.  

 

Reds for me (Cherry MX Reds soldered to the board is my experience with them) felt clunky and loud.  Actuation seemed nice and responsive but again, nothing I don't see in a membrane keyboard personally

 

The only "peripheral" in my personal control that I can see leaps and bounds of improvement is getting the lowest possible latency for competitive gameplay.  While I love my mouse (8 setting on the fly DPI, weighted, 5 buttons) it was only $5 shipped to my door on black Friday, so even though its labeled gaming (it does have a bad ass sensor, which is why I bought it) it didn't fit into that budget bracket for me

[MartinKweh]

Im sorry. English isnt really my first language so i might have worded that wrong lol. I meant mechs depending on the switch will have lighter or heavier feel than the membrane keys. But eh. In the end, its up to the person's preferences

[LogicalDrm]

-> Moved to Peripherals

***

Not really for gaming. The term "gaming" is mainly marketing. In anything you may see it. Be it gaming chair, gaming headset, gaming case or such. With mouse (and keyboard) it was at one point the tier up from basic consumer stuff. And one before actual heavy office use stuff. So more durability, better ergonomics, more accurate sensor. Same was with keyboards before mechanical keyboards became mainstream. And after that gaming in keyboards meant RGB and some macro buttons.

 

I've had gaming mouse, gaming keyboard and gaming headset. Also gaming mousepads. Mice are still something I will go for as the price is bit cheaper than what similarly specs office mouse would have, with better ergonomics for my big hands and palm grip. Plus weight as I like 'em heavy. Keyboards, well, it had macro buttons, backlight and detachable numpad. Of those the numpad was the reason why I went for TKL mech. Didn't thought I needed anything else, but I'm happy it had backlight, and now I even have use for media keys. The gaming headset was s*. It is midrange back then, mic snapped off fairly quickly. But the main reason I use HD-555 instead is that they are bit too tight for my head and audio is garbage. The mousepads is another where I can take the gaming stamp easily. I like smooth surface, which is why I have had them in use for years.

[XGoodGuyFitz]

@Jasonbas Yes they matter. you cant game if you have a keyboard that has unresponsive keys. I suggest the Razer Turret, and the Razer Basalisk x Hyperspeed. The Razer turrets mouse isnt that good, because if you break the cables, you cant buy new ones.

[LAwLz]

A lot of times "gaming" just means the company threw some tacky lights on it and jacked up the price a lot. But sometimes "gaming" actually has some meaning. But as always, it's best to judge each product individually without taking things like marketing into consideration. Never buy a product because it says "gaming" on the box.