Laggy/Slow Keyboard Input

2008-02-13

Hey! UltraShock's been helpful before so I hope this is no different. :9

So, I've been looking for a laptop, and I tried one in a store to see how it would run, and tested a flash thing on the internet that's a bit demanding. The flash itself ran perfectly smooth, but the interaction was a bit slow. I'd hit a key to do something and it would react, but then when I let go of the key it took a moment for the computer to catch on that I wasn't holding it down anymore. So I'm wondering, what's the cause of this? The processor, bad keyboard, Vista? I'd like to know so that I can avoid it. :P

Thanks in advance!

Mijiru · 2008-02-13 #2

Rolf. That's really hard to say, it could even be the flash thing itself.

superlee · 2008-02-13 #3

Well that wasn't much help! And I know it's not the flash thing!

Andy-M · 2008-02-13 #4

It could be a lot of things. If there's a lot of background activity that could happen too. If the Flash has a lot of things going on at once, it will cause that as well (e.g. lots of videos playing at once).

nrg · 2008-02-14 #5

It will be guess work, as long as we don't get any specific details on the hardware & website you were trying...

superlee · 2008-02-14 #6

Oh okay, hehe. :P I thought it would be obvious what caused it to people who know this stuff, lol. I was trying out a flash game I've made -> Loa And The Island Quest by ~Volcanic-Penguin on deviantART

The comp had, if I recall correctly, 2 GB RAM and 1.6 GHz dual processors or something like that.

Oh and the browser window was the only thing running, atleast visibly that is. And uhh, it was operating on Vista. :q

Did this clear anything up? :P

Andy-M · 2008-02-14 #7

I'm on my laptop now just for comparison sake (it's a fairly older model) and it seems to work ok enough for me to play it. It seemed as though it was using up a lot of CPU though but nothing too severe.

Intel Pentium M 1.87 GHz
1 GB RAM
Windows Vista
nVidia GeForce Go 6400

I suspect it could have been that one computer. Perhaps some background program was not responding when you tested it out. After all, those demo computers are used by everyone and I wouldn't be surprised if people had left programs hanging on it before you used it.

superlee · 2008-02-15 #8

Oh alright. Thanks for your input!

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	Mijiru	2008-02-13 #2
	Rolf. That's really hard to say, it could even be the flash thing itself.

	superlee	2008-02-13 #3
	Well that wasn't much help! And I know it's not the flash thing!

	Andy-M	2008-02-13 #4
	It could be a lot of things. If there's a lot of background activity that could happen too. If the Flash has a lot of things going on at once, it will cause that as well (e.g. lots of videos playing at once).

	nrg 11 Creative Assets	2008-02-14 #5
	It will be guess work, as long as we don't get any specific details on the hardware & website you were trying...

	superlee	2008-02-14 #6
	Oh okay, hehe. :P I thought it would be obvious what caused it to people who know this stuff, lol. I was trying out a flash game I've made -> Loa And The Island Quest by ~Volcanic-Penguin on deviantART The comp had, if I recall correctly, 2 GB RAM and 1.6 GHz dual processors or something like that. Oh and the browser window was the only thing running, atleast visibly that is. And uhh, it was operating on Vista. :q Did this clear anything up? :P

	Andy-M	2008-02-14 #7
	I'm on my laptop now just for comparison sake (it's a fairly older model) and it seems to work ok enough for me to play it. It seemed as though it was using up a lot of CPU though but nothing too severe. Intel Pentium M 1.87 GHz 1 GB RAM Windows Vista nVidia GeForce Go 6400 I suspect it could have been that one computer. Perhaps some background program was not responding when you tested it out. After all, those demo computers are used by everyone and I wouldn't be surprised if people had left programs hanging on it before you used it.