The term keyboard ghosting is a lot less scary than it sounds despite this it can definitely haunt certain keyboard users and cause undesirable results you'll find many anti-ghosting keyboards on the market to solve this problem but the question remains what is ghosting and why should you care about it hey guys its Joel here with make tech easier so what is keyboard ghosting keyboard ghosting is when a keyboard doesn't register a key being pressed even though the user has pressed it correctly this is typically due to the keyboards manufacturer trying to keep costs down by using cheaper parts when you're typing on a keyboard like normal you may never suffer from keyboard ghosting very rarely do you hold down more than three keys which most keyboards today can support as such if you use your keyboard to do work or post on social media ghosting may never be an issue things change in a gaming environment however let's say someone is playing a first person shooter online and using a keyboard that supports at least three keys they're running across the battlefield which means holding down W to go forward and shift to turn the walk into a run they're currently using two of the three keys in their budget just by moving forward they then spot an enemy ahead so they hold down the ctrl key to Crouch over some cover ahead of them now we have the W shift and control keys help meaning the keyboards budget is filled up if this player suddenly notice there's a landmine ahead of them and quickly presses space to jump over it this space key press is over budget as such the keyboard doesn't register the space press and the player runs right into the landmine girl typical so if you're in the market for a new keyboard and don't want ghosting to occur what can you do first you can take a look for anti-ghosting keyboards these will typically list the number of keys on the keyboard that support this feature such as 25 key anti-ghosting this won't cover the entire keyboard for anti-ghosting but it will individually target keys that tend to be held down alongside other keys another option is for keyboards designed to support up to a certain number of keys pressed these are advertised using the term number key rollover for example a keyboard that lets you hold down four keys at once is called a four key rollover keyboard the best of all however are n key rollovers this term has nothing to do with the physical n key on the keyboard instead it's the mathematical letter for a set of numbers that go on forever this is a relevant name as an N key roll over keyboard has no upper key limits every single key press is registered separately which means no ghosting at all keyboard ghosting doesn't affect everyone but to those who are affected it can be a major annoyance if you want an anti ghosting keyboard be sure to prioritize n key rollover keyboards to eliminate the issue does keyboard ghosting effect to you do you think an anti ghosting keyboard is a good investment let us know below well that's it from me as always if you love tech as much as we do make sure you hit that subscribe button turn the bell on and you'll be notified by our latest and greatest tech savy videos see you next time
