USB or PS2?

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Xel Lagaffe

Hi there,
what is considered to give the best performance of a mouse, USB or PS2?
(I'm thinking of buying the Logitech MX500 mouse.) I read somewhere that
the maximum "report" rate a USB mouse can give you is 60Hz, whilst a PS2
mouse can do 200Hz. Is this still the fact, or has the USB technology
somewhat caught up with good old PS2?

Anyone?


Rgds,

Xel Lagaffe
 
Xel said:
what is considered to give the best performance of a mouse, USB or PS2?
(I'm thinking of buying the Logitech MX500 mouse.) I read somewhere that
the maximum "report" rate a USB mouse can give you is 60Hz, whilst a PS2
mouse can do 200Hz. Is this still the fact, or has the USB technology
somewhat caught up with good old PS2?
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I am using the MX700 mouse as PS/2, and am experiencing none os the
problems reported here or elsewhere.
 
Xel said:
Hi there,
what is considered to give the best performance of a mouse, USB or PS2?
(I'm thinking of buying the Logitech MX500 mouse.) I read somewhere that
the maximum "report" rate a USB mouse can give you is 60Hz, whilst a PS2
mouse can do 200Hz.
Click to expand...

I see no point in even using USB unless you have to. I have it disabled on
all the computers I use.
 
Stacey said:
I see no point in even using USB unless you have to. I have it
disabled on all the computers I use.
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Ditto. That goes for an other unused ports as well.
 
Ok, but may I ask what report rate you're using now? I think the defo rate
is 80Hz on a PS2 mouse..
If you increase the rate to say 100, you'll experience a even smoother
mouse. I see a BIG difference between
80 and 200Hz, not to say 60 vs. 100! Worth checking this out , eh?

Rgds,

Xel Lagaffe
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I see. I use only one USB device myself, and that is for the printer. I
can only assume that you have an IR printer attached to you're system, since
you do not use USB, right?

Rgds,

Xel Lagaffe
___
 
Xel said:
I see. I use only one USB device myself, and that is for the
printer. I can only assume that you have an IR printer attached to
you're system, since you do not use USB, right?
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umm before the time of usb, yes such i time did exsist, there was something
called a parallel port. Apparently alot of printers use this.
 
Yes of course, but isn't the parallel port slower? I.e. the output goes
slower that with USB..

Rgds,

Xel Lagaffe
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Not really as the printer speed rules here.

Xel Lagaffe said:
Yes of course, but isn't the parallel port slower? I.e. the output goes
slower that with USB..

Rgds,

Xel Lagaffe
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Pen said:
Not really as the printer speed rules here.
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yup, and about the usb/ps2 mouse.. what will you be using them for cos i
doubt you'll notice any difference.

are you just looking for the fastest things to bragg???
 
ric said:
I'll assume this is part of the included CD, which I have yet to
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install.

Open Device Manager and look under Advanced settings for your currently
active mouse. Any settings there for how fast the mouse is polled and
how big a buffer to store unpolled movement?

I have Logitech's cordless optical mouse. I've upped the sample rate
from the default of 60 Hz to 100 Hz and saw no change in mouse behavior
(i.e., the mouse did not get smoother). I even ran some games which can
get jerky at times and the mouse movement did not get better. I'm using
Windows 2000 Pro SP4. Maybe upping the sample rate on 95-based Windows
might improve its movement, but no one here has bothered mentioning on
which version of Windows they are using the USB mouse or changing their
sampling rate that results in some change in behavior.

Why bother putting the mouse on a USB port when it can also go into a
PS/2 port? If you use the USB for the mouse, it's not because you had
something else plugged into the PS/2 port. With the mouse on USB,
you'll end up with an unused PS/2 port. Also, you add more traffic to
the USB bus by putting the mouse on there. The same for a USB keyboard.
And if you also put a printer on the USB then you might end up with long
delays or jerkiness in the mouse and keyboard trying to compete with the
the large printer traffic all on the same bus. No point in wasting
ports by not using them. I can see using a USB mouse and USB keyboard
if you want an alternative input device besides the ones that are
embedded in the hardware (like for laptops), but not for desktops.

Regardless of how fast is the bus, the device will have its own limiting
factor regarding speed. A faster bus does NOT necessarily make the
device work faster unless that device also supports the faster bus. A
car that maxes out at 100 mph isn't going to go any faster if you drive
it on the Autobahn; if you want to drive faster on a highway that
permits higher speeds then you need to get a faster car. A mouse
polling at 60 to 200 Hz is still going to poll at the selected rate
whether it is on a PS/2 or USB port.
 
Dude, I'm not into the "brag" business! I simply wanted to know if anybody
else had experience an accurate boost
with the mouse. As I said in a previous post, I only have one device
connected to the USB port and that is a printer.
If I connect my HP though the parallel port, It prints slower. It looks to
me like the parallel port doesn't handle quite as well as the USB port
does.. I've always used my mises on the PS2 port, and will continue to do
so.

Thanks to every one who has participated in clarifying the PS2vs.USB
question to me. I appreciate it!

Rgds,

Xel Lagaffe
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Stacey said:
Xel Lagaffe wrote:




I see no point in even using USB unless you have to. I have it disabled on
all the computers I use.
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Same here, I use the ps2 adaptor on my RF mouse, at the moment I only
got four USBs and it seems a waste to use one just for the mouse, when
there is a socket made for the job.
 
db said:
umm before the time of usb, yes such i time did exsist, there was something
called a parallel port. Apparently alot of printers use this.
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The sad thing is a lot of new printers are only USB now.
There is no advantage in putting a printer on USB, my Lexmark can use
parallel or USB, but I use the parallel.

Sticking a printer on USB is not going to make it faster and IMO is a
waste of a USB port.
 
Xel said:
Yes of course, but isn't the parallel port slower? I.e. the output goes
slower that with USB..
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Maybe, but it is fast enough for printers, even laser printers.
 
You're all missing the point that the PS/2 ports, serial ports and parallel
ports won't be put onto mainboards for much longer.
 
Franklin said:
You're all missing the point that the PS/2 ports, serial ports and parallel
ports won't be put onto mainboards for much longer.
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I could also say usb won't be put on mobos much longer as well.. we'll all
be using firewire and usb2, of course till the next thing comes along.
 
Xel said:
I see. I use only one USB device myself, and that is for the printer. I
can only assume that you have an IR printer attached to you're system,
since you do not use USB, right?
Click to expand...

LPT1, it's called a printer port. Most good printers still have them, at
least I made sure the last one I bought did.
 
Franklin said:
You're all missing the point that the PS/2 ports, serial ports and
parallel ports won't be put onto mainboards for much longer.
Click to expand...

So we should all stop using AGP video cards since it isn't going to be used
in the future? What difference does it make if the board you have now has
them?
 
I agree. PS/2 port for the mouse, printer port for the printer, it is
simple on older machines. It also works, no bleeding edge. USB is good, I
use it for a digital camera, and my Quickcam camera. I am thinking about a
new USB scanner as the parallel port one is slow. But I am reading that an
old SCSI is faster than USB. But since I am not a heavy scanner user, USB
will be okay. USB 1.x is adequate for my needs as I have an old motherboard
(P3) and my devices are USB 1.x.
 
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