keyboard button press limitations?

[MATTRESS]

i've played games on cheap keyboards where I can only press so many keys at the same time, etc: go forward, duck, walk, strafe, jump etc...


on a cheap keyboard i can only walk forward & strafe & duck ... so if i try to jump, i can't because i'm pressing too many keys at the same time...

is there a program that will light up the buttons (like WinXP joystick calibration) so I can see how many buttons i can hit at the same time?

or what keyboards will allow me to press more buttons?

thanks for the info!

 

[hardmacksmith]

ironically been looking for the same type of information... I thought USB was able to get rid of these limiations but guess not after nine years

 

[djBon2112]

Well, naturally if you're buying cheap keyboards, they're going to have cheap performance.

I dropped about $25 CAD on my Microsoft keyboard, and unless I'm playing StepMania 2-player (which requires 6-8 buttons at once), I have absolutely no problems. And it's PS2.

 

[hardmacksmith]

logitech Elite here... have some issues when using shift, strafe fire combos... BF series really brings it out...