Best Premium Keyboard for BF2042 ?

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@sk1lld wrote:
@Tank_Krusher

Try one of these.
https://digiva.net/best-optical-keyboards/#:~:text=Best%20Optical%20Keyboards%201%201.%20Corsair%20K100%20RGB,8%208.%20Keychron%20K8%20Wireless%20...%20More%20items

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Hi @sk1lld 

The guy who writes the review states: "The SteelSeries Apex Pro is the best optical keyboard option you can find on the market today."  Then he ranks it as the third best, so this guy just does not make any sense! 

The the guy states: "EVGA Z20 is the next best optical keyboard option..." and ranks it fourth!

It is probably just a kid that has never used any of the keyboards or tested them. 

And those lists that you find on pretty much any site is there to gather amazon/referral money. It's why every major website has 'best of 2022' or whatever lists for basically anything [tvs, kitchen gadgets, keyboards, monitors, controllers, etc]. 

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@Tank_Krusher wrote:

Hi fellows,

Based on my research, so far, I am quickly coming to the conclusion that Optical is better than Mechanical.  Anyone disagree?

This being the case, what would you consider the best Optical keyboard available today for BF2042?

Thank you,

CG

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Not really. Optical greatly reduces your options as well. If you want the best of the best Wooting 60HE. I’ve seen a couple of reviewers I trust and a friend that uses it. It can be adjusted to have an insanely low actuation point. Will it make you better, definitely not unless you’re already in the top 1-0.5%. 

I personally use a Ducky One 3 Mini. I love it. It has a hot swap pcb and it feels really solid. It’s not too expensive. I would highly recommend it over any “gaming” keyboard. 

Mechanicalkeyboards.com is a good place to buy for the Ducky. 

Rtings.com has a bunch of reviews that include latency test. Just make sure whatever you pick has low latency of 5ms or less. 

@Tank_KrusherWooting 2 HE (or the newer 60 model if you're okay with a cut down size).

I have the 2HE and it's incredible. The adjustability makes it better than any high end mechanical switch.

Hi,

I think Optical Mechanical Keyboards are the way to go.  There are several, the one I like is the Razer Huntsman V2 Optical Gaming Keyboard.

Comments?

TK

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@Tank_Krusher wrote:

Hi,

I think Optical Mechanical Keyboards are the way to go.  There are several, the one I like is the Razer Huntsman V2 Optical Gaming Keyboard.

Comments?

TK

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If you ONLY care about latency, then yeah, that seems to be the one. The higher the polling rate, the more CPU it's going to use though I believe. What's your system look like? Can it run the game and everything else while providing that keyboard with enough CPU to even get that latency? Honestly seems like overkill and an expensive keyboard. You can literally play with some generic Logitech membrane keyboard and do just fine. It's definitely nicer to have a decent mechanical keyboard though.

If you want to try different switches, springs, or replace switches when they go bad (usually chatter) then I'd do go with something with a hot-swap pcb.

I still think the Wooting 60HE is a better choice and cost less then the Razer. I'd personally vote for the Ducky One 3 mini, because it's pretty affordable, nice build quality, and has very low latency. Not the best, but not far off at all. It's good enough that Pro's probably use it kind of thing.

Keep in mind form factor as well. A 60% gives you a lot more room for your mouse and personally I find it aesthetically appealing. Plus you have the same amount of keys basically using the function key. On my board I use Caps Lock as my function so it's easy to reach. \

What kind of mouse and mousepad do you use? That's far more important in my opinion. A keyboard isn't going to make you better. Positioning, game sense, recoil control, map knowledge, being comfortable with your setup. There's so much that goes into being good at a shooter and keyboards are kinda at the bottom of that list. Your monitor is really important too.

Hi,

With respect, the Wooten is a nice keyboard like the many other nice keyboards, but it cannot match the Optical Mechanical Keys 🙂

TK

Depends on your budget, on amazon this is cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Keyboard-Mechanical-Anti-Ghosting-Keys-White/dp/B08Z7J4KV3/ref=sr_1_16?keywords=gaming+keyboard+under+50&qid=1670850353&sprefix=gaming+keyboard+under+%2Caps%2C75&sr=8-16

Best selling gaming Keyboards:

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/bestsellers/videogames/403536011/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_videogames