nkarafo
Member
I have a PC and used a 360 and now an XBOXone controller.
For both, i used their official wireless dongles by Microsoft.
Here's the thing. I tried a few bluetooth controllers using a different, generic bluetooth dongle. It never came out great. The system would either not see the device unless i retry 10 times, disconnect the device randomly or not remembering it after restart. Same with trying to connect other controllers to my phone. Many retries for the phone to see the device and on top of that, a huge amount of input lag.
Basically, i never had a good experience with generic bluetooth adapters/gamepads. But with the Microsoft dongle, i never had any issues. Gamepads get recognized immediately, there are no random disconnects, i don't have to re-setup the controllers after a restart and there's no input lag (at least a noticeable one). Experience is almost as perfect as if i was using a wired controller.
So the question is, how does Microsoft's dongle work? Is it also just a bluetooth? If yes, is it better quality? Is it because it's pre-configured to always work with Microsoft's controllers specifically, thus less chances for something to go wrong? Is it because i have a shitty generic bluetooth adapter? (i only ever tried 2 of them). is it because the generic bluetooth gamepads i tried are crap? (i also tried the 8-bido so i don't think that's the case).
For both, i used their official wireless dongles by Microsoft.
Here's the thing. I tried a few bluetooth controllers using a different, generic bluetooth dongle. It never came out great. The system would either not see the device unless i retry 10 times, disconnect the device randomly or not remembering it after restart. Same with trying to connect other controllers to my phone. Many retries for the phone to see the device and on top of that, a huge amount of input lag.
Basically, i never had a good experience with generic bluetooth adapters/gamepads. But with the Microsoft dongle, i never had any issues. Gamepads get recognized immediately, there are no random disconnects, i don't have to re-setup the controllers after a restart and there's no input lag (at least a noticeable one). Experience is almost as perfect as if i was using a wired controller.
So the question is, how does Microsoft's dongle work? Is it also just a bluetooth? If yes, is it better quality? Is it because it's pre-configured to always work with Microsoft's controllers specifically, thus less chances for something to go wrong? Is it because i have a shitty generic bluetooth adapter? (i only ever tried 2 of them). is it because the generic bluetooth gamepads i tried are crap? (i also tried the 8-bido so i don't think that's the case).