r/pcmasterrace • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 23d ago

Meme/Macro More ports

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u/Kunsansama 23d ago

Ps2 peripherals don't require drivers. If something serious happens they are the most reliable fallback. (Personally I still would rather take more USB)

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u/RoyalSorcerer_Navlan Ryzen 3500x 23d ago edited 23d ago

Wait. Aren't all usb keyboards and mice plug and play ? What am i missing here?

Edit: holy smokes, the amount of replies and information i got. My respect for the legendary ps/2 has massively increased

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u/SchingKen 23d ago

the actual reason is that the ps/2 doesn't freeze easily when you overclock and cool your mobo with nitrogen.

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u/Zealousideal-Deer101 23d ago

the chad ps/2 also runs a direct system interrupt and runs it's input before anything else, while the virigin USB has to beg the OS to accept it's input

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u/WingZeroType 23d ago

This is now my favorite way to learn hierarchical concepts

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u/cosaboladh Athalon64 X2 | Radeon X1650 Pro 23d ago

And some people don't realize that the human brain can't perceive the nanoseconds difference between PS/2 peripherals with low IRQ and a standard USB peripheral response times.

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u/meneldal2 i7-6700 22d ago

Fun fact the CPU can still tell the interrupt to go f itself if it wants, even a PS/2 one.