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Mouse Rate
Derrick Renaud:
I have been playing with the mouse polling rates and found a utility that removes the 125Hz XP mouse rate polling limit.
Here is a post I made at the Ultimarc forum.
http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=69398&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1
It may be of some use to people. I did a search and saw no mention of this info on the arcadecontrols forum. So if it is common knowledge, then please don't waste your time bothering me about it. ;)
D.
Kremmit:
Nope, that's news. And anything that counters backspin is good news.
2600:
Minwah mentioned it once, but I've never heard of testing like you did which is nice to have.
Maybe this can help kick start our vendors to offer full-speed optical devices. Same goes for the company from your other thread.
Also, I've never test it, but do you know if it just changes the mouse polling rate or all HID devices, like gamepads and joysticks?
Derrick Renaud:
--- Quote from: 2600 on March 28, 2006, 08:21:47 pm ---Maybe this can help kick start our vendors to offer full-speed optical devices. Same goes for the company from your other thread.
Also, I've never test it, but do you know if it just changes the mouse polling rate or all HID devices, like gamepads and joysticks?
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The Opti-Pac supports polling up to 1kHz using the utility. Big change from the fixed 60Hz polling on the Mouse hack I was using for the trackball. I'll post the link here because the other forum is down.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/USB_Mouserate_Switcher_d4469.html
If you use the mouse rate tester, which I posted on the other forum, and your rate is 125Hz with you current USB mouse/interface, then there is a good chance you can increase your mouse poll rate.
I don't think that it works with anything but mice, but I never ran tests on joysticks. Don't use then on my MAME system.
The mouse rate tester is part of this package:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/PS2Rate_Plus_d300.html
I recommend 250Hz or 500Hz. I don't think you will notice much difference at 1kHz. But 250-500Hz should stop any trackball/spinner from overflowing.
D.
Dizzle:
I didn't have room to install a trackball in my CP so I break out the Logitech Marble Mouse when I want to play a trackball game. This utility would probably improve games like Golden Tee a little, huh?