I have been tempted with this myself. Will check out the video.
Decent game controller?
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Just ordered two more - at £35 each currently, I strongly suspect the price will rocket, once others realise just how good they are.
Whats the code to knock it down now? My brother might want one, the code I used when I ordered said it was for January only, or does it still work?
I think I'll buy another one as well.
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I find 8bitdo controllers to be pretty good
Use "WG2025" for £5.20 off = £34.79 delivered
Only with an adapter like this: https://www.mayflash.com/product/magic_x.html
Thanks, that's the code I used, I thought it was January only, not sure why I thought that
. He has ordered one now as well using it. Was using an old xbox 360 controller but that started drifting.
Different firmware but the sticks are the same, in practice they "felt" the same to me in games, though both controllers are shaped differently with the sticks in different position. They both use Ksilver TMR sticks.
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Have you tried them both on a latency sensitive game like Call of Duty? I don't know how accurate this website is but they measured the Tarantula Pro average stick latency at 22.65ms (wired) and the Cyclone 2 at 6.39ms. For comparison the DualSense is measured at 2.26ms.
I don't play games like Cod but do play Rivals of Aether II which is the only online game requiring quick latency inputs and they are both the same in that. In single player games they are obviously the same too.
The tarantula Pro has had a bunch of firmware updates since those reviews/tests were done too and people seem to have not updated.
The tarantula Pro has had a bunch of firmware updates since those reviews/tests were done too and people seem to have not updated.
I still swear by the Xbox One controller but I purchased a wireless Gamesir NOVA controller for our switch (also PC xinput) and it's a really well put together unit, analog sticks are great and they can be found on deal in quite a few places at the moment.
Those numbers are weird because as mentioned, in practice you don't actually notice any difference.
Ah, guess I’d have to lose the polling rate though.
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Is this with or without the stand?Just bought another Cyclone 2 for use downstairs with my lappy.
Had it in the basket for a couple of days, and the store gave me an additional discount which brought it down n to £33.99.