Steam Controller Poll Rate - is 1000Hz possible?

[SnowFlakeToken]

Today's gaming mice usually come with 1000Hz Poll Rate already pre-configured, which his a BIG deal as far as input latency/lag goes. However, this cannot be done for Xbox 360 or Xbox One or PS3 or PS4 controllers. What about Steam Controller? Can it or will it be set @ 1000Hz Poll Rate for best input latency/lag?

[sombrez]

The polling rate for the Steam Controller is 175hz.

[EmperorFaiz.wav]

sombrez の投稿を引用：

The polling rate for the Steam Controller is 175hz.

Hey, man. Why you suddenly necro this irrelevant thread anyway?

Oh, if OP is still bothered with this thread somehow, reminder that I've been using SC for a year and no input lag at all. I'm not an expert at radio frequency thingy but I don't bother anyway since I hardly get input lag wirelessly.

[sombrez]

EmperorFaiz.mov の投稿を引用：

sombrez の投稿を引用：

The polling rate for the Steam Controller is 175hz.

Hey, man. Why you suddenly necro this irrelevant thread anyway?

Oh, if OP is still bothered with this thread somehow, reminder that I've been using SC for a year and no input lag at all. I'm not an expert at radio frequency thingy but I don't bother anyway since I hardly get input lag wirelessly.

I didn't necro it, the person before me did

[EmperorFaiz.wav]

Oh, silly me. His comment was too long that I didn't see the time he posted.

[M. Walrus]

It was necro'd to put at ease any feelings that people may have that this controller, or others should run at a 500hz+ polling rate. It simply isn't necessary.

[Shoes]

sombrez の投稿を引用：

The polling rate for the Steam Controller is 175hz.

Where did you get this information from? Or what tools are available to find this polling rate from?

I'm playing around with a Sony DualShock 4 atm and noticed I can get upto 1000mhz/1ms using my motherboards onboard Bluetooth antenna with the DS4Win application in Win10... but now that I've paired the DS4 with Steam's Big Picture I'm really curious as to what the polling rate is with Steam!

[M. Walrus]

Shoes の投稿を引用：

I'm playing around with a Sony DualShock 4 atm and noticed I can get upto 1000mhz/1ms using my motherboards onboard Bluetooth antenna with the DS4Win application in Win10...

Congrats. You will see significantly worse battery life in exchange for the most unnoticable of improvements possible. You're talking a difference of 3ms MAX (an average of 1.5 ms improvement across the board) for quadruple the polling calls to your controller which will not only make you have to charge it more often and increase the risk of it dying on you mid-game, but also significantly impact the longetivy of the battery in a controller that does not allow you to remove/replace them.

[Shoes]

Mordecai Walfish の投稿を引用：

Congrats.

Some people are super content to settle with their potato setups and are just fine playing their JRPGs & MOBAs at 30fps vsync caps with 100mhz inputs for the increased longevity of their £30 controllers' lifespan...
Others aren't. Or maybe they have other needs outside of gaming.

But who's to judge them?

I'm simply interested in the technical specification for Steams polling rates via Bluetooth/SC receiver and how it was obtained.

[M. Walrus]

Shoes の投稿を引用：

Mordecai Walfish の投稿を引用：

Congrats.

Some people are super content to settle with their potato setups and are just fine playing their JRPGs & MOBAs at 30fps vsync caps with 100mhz inputs for the increased longevity of their £30 controllers' lifespan...
Others aren't. Or maybe they have other needs outside of gaming.

But who's to judge them?

I'm simply interested in the technical specification for Steams polling rates via Bluetooth/SC receiver and how it was obtained.

eh, for what its worth I would be interested to know the exact numbers as well. I would assume steam uses nothing but the default, but I'n not for sure on that. there are no other numbers to select in the configuration for steam, so it would only make sense for them to make it the default.

[ugafan]

sombrerowhirlpool172 の投稿を引用：

The polling rate for the Steam Controller is 175hz.

It's lower than that now. Testing it out I'm only getting up to 125 in desktop.

I do know at one point there was an update that increased the polling rate while playing videos, but that is no longer the case.

Is there any chance for a higher polling rate?

[Xenotester]

Polling rate is not transform in input lag directly, but affect on this in most cases.
It not my tests, just from web:
Dualshock 4 over Bluetooth - 500Hz (In theory, on my pc 250-300hz now with ryochan)
Dualshock 4 over USB - 250Hz (yep, less than bt)
v1 and v2 same

Xbox One controller - 125Hz. I don't know about Elite v1 and v2

Steam Controller - I don't know
Maybe somebody with steam controller try just move cursor with touchpad in online test ?

[Xenotester]

https://zowie.benq.com/ja/support/mouse-rate-checker.html

Can somebody check it with dongle and over bluetooth ?

[Dionysus 🐭]

How did this become a discussion about what polling rate is? Who cares what it is, that wasn't his question, the question was how to change it.

[Xenotester]

If actual polling rate is good enough from the box - changing it is pointless in most cases.
I don't have steam controller and can't check options in glosc or indicontroller

[Dionysus 🐭]

Xenotester の投稿を引用：

If actual polling rate is good enough from the box - changing it is pointless in most cases.
I don't have steam controller and can't check options in glosc or indicontroller

It's not though. The low polling rate introduces jittery and "stuttery" trackpad movement. A high polling rate would likely fix this issue.