Are wireless headphones usable for gaming? Is there a noticeable latency increase?
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Index:
0:00 – Intro
0:37 – Disclaimer
0:44 – The Candidates
1:35 – Latency Test Valorant
3:30 – Latency Test CoD
3:52 – A Big Caveat
5:25 – I Wish Bluetooth Was Better
I have no problems with lenovo legion h600
Would be great if you tested LE audio which uses the LC3 codec.
Ze german accent is strong
And now? I mean, yeah. If you have the mic enabled in some games, then obviously the sound quality will drop significantly; other than that, I’m sure everything else is just as fine as using a regular wired headset or earbuds.
Your wired latency is so bad because you use the standaard windows audio driver WDM (WASAPI) and that is really slow. You should force games to use ASIO that is much faster with a fast pc you can get even 1ms delay….. Pro audio software always use ASIO.
ASIO
Steinberg designed this format to improve latency performance and channel count compared to Windows Audio drivers. ASIO (Audio Stream Input Output) allows the software to bypass Windows Audio and gives direct communication to the hardware. This is the preferred driver mode for all professional recording and audio applications. Because of the direct communication between the hardware and the software, device sharing between multiple applications is severely limited or not allowed. This means you won’t be able to reliably run more than one program using your interface while your recording software is open.
WDM
(Windows Driver Model) was released with Windows 98. It isn’t technically an audio driver; instead, it’s a platform for audio drivers to become a part of the Windows kernel; a core operating system component. This is known as kernel streaming. It is the standard for audio in most applications such as audio from your web browser, iTunes, and other media playback software. Many video games will also use this protocol.
WASAPI
(Windows Audio Session API) is newer technology from Microsoft which employs methods for directly sending audio to the hardware’s output called Exclusive Mode. Most Blu Ray and DVD playback software use this because it allows for Dolby and DTS, encoded surround audio to playback through the digital audio outputs. This mode also will not allow other applications to use the hardware simultaneously.
You can force every program to use ASIO with Voicemeeter and ASIO4ALL.