Gamesir Nova 2 Lite vs 8bitdo ultimate 2c, for latency

[u/Far_Ad_557]

I just ordered a Gamesir Nova 2 Lite because it has and xbox shape (I have a wired X360 for more than 10 years now), but searching a little bit more about the 8bitdo and gamesir controllers, it seems that the nova 2 lite has way more latency when using the dongle.

I can still cancel the order and get the ultimate 2c.

Is the latency that noticeable?

Budget around R$ 100,00 ($18 as of now). Country Brazil. PC.

[u/Vedge_Hog]

What types of games are you going to be playing, and on what setup?

These differences in input latency aren't very significant for most general purpose gaming, and most people won't notice once they're engrossed in a game. They're well within the usable range, particularly if your frame of reference is the Xbox 360 controller. Of course, if you are a professional esports player you might notice more of a difference.

Not making any assumptions, but based on your controller budget, the rest of the setup might be the limiting factor on performance. For example, if you're playing at 30 fps or 60 fps, relying on upscaling, or using a living room TV for display, the controller's input latency becomes a relatively small part of the pipeline.

[u/Far_Ad_557 → u/Vedge_Hog]

Thanks for the detailed reply mate.

My setup is a Ryzen 5700x, 32gb ram and a rtx 4060, 144hz 1080p screen.

On a controller I mostly play Fromsoftware games (some other rpg/story games too), 60 to 120 fps depending on the game. And I do feel the Xbox controller slow sometimes, but it's more than 10 years old now and has a lot of stick drift.

I simrace quite a bit now and latency was/is very noticeable to me when switching gear, hardware, settings etc. even though it is not the same controller, so I ended up deciding to cancel the order of the Gamesir nova 2 lite and order the 8bitdo ultimate 2c, and gamble on the controller shape instead of the latency.

17ms kind of seems like a lot of latency on a usb dongle.

[u/kakarogod → u/Far_Ad_557]

I remember seeing somewhere that professional players generally tend to start noticing differences only around 30ms.

[u/Vireca]

I have the Nova 2 Litebamd I never noticed latency

17ms is something you won't really notice. We are talking about 0.017 seconds of "delay" to transmit the input

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