Tag Archive: Razer

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It’s a good thing for Microsoft that they sent us the SideWinder X8 wireless gaming mouse before Razer could get its Mamba wireless gaming mouse into our clutches. We thought Microsoft’s product was pretty good (and awarded it a score of “8” on March 25), but the Mamba is superior in nearly every respect.

The Mamba looks a whole lot sexier; feels more comfortable in our hand; has a better button layout; is easier to program; and it boasts even higher resolution than Microsoft’s product. In fact, Microsoft tops Razer in just two areas: The SideWinder X8 has a better solution for charging the mouse’s battery while the mouse is in use, and the Mamba’s tilting scroll wheel tilts in only one direction.  Read more...

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The Lachesis is the world’s largest pit viper snake, and the word means “Bringer of Silent Death” in Latin, according to Razer. In reality it brings comfortable mousing to both left-and-right handed gamers, but that’s a decidedly less sexy tagline. The biggest selling point of the Lachesis is that it offers 4000dpi sensitivity, which is the highest so far in the dpi arms race. Though its 4000 dpi was a bit too sensitive for our tastes and we had a few issues with the software, it’s still an overall decent product from Razer.

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The Razer Tarantula is a hardcore gaming keyboard that has every feature a gamer could want, with one noticeable exception – no backlit keys. It’s still a solid, comfortable keyboard though, with plenty of extras and although we struggled a bit with the included software, once everything was working we were surprised at the amount of customization it offered.

Features and Design

The Tarantula is a wired keyboard with full-size keys, a keypad and special feature buttons on both the right and left side of the keyboard. It’s all-black, with blue backlighting on the macro keys on both sides, and a pulsing Razer logo beneath the palm rest. The keyboard has a number of intriguing features.  Read more...

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The Razer DeathAdder is a fairly straight-forward, no-nonsense gaming mouse with just five buttons and a cool blue glowing mouse wheel. It’s a gaming mouse that covers the basics quite well without a lot of fancy extras. It’s not quite as feature-rich as its competition, however, and we had to jump through several hoops to get the software working.

Features and Design

The DeathAdder is a right-handed gaming mouse designed to look cool and offer superb comfort and accuracy. It doesn’t have ten buttons or an LCD, as it is seemingly just a darn good mouse without the fancy stuff. It is designed for gaming though, and as the website says, it’s “not for noobs.”  Read more...

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The Razor Diamondback Precision Gaming Mouse features a long list of engineering breakthroughs. It is truly the first hi-res optical mouse running at an unprecedented 1600 DPI in a single sensor. A 16 bit data-path solution has been implemented, as compared to 8 bit and 12 bit data paths used by other conventional mice. This mouse has an ergonomically designed, ambidextrous shape with 7 physical buttons, optimized for gaming response, all independently programmable and supported by Razers award-winning drivers.With Always On Mode the optical sensor never powers down and provides instantaneous response at all times during gameplay. Ultra large non-slip mouse buttons deliver a tactile response design. Non-slip side rails and zero acoustic Teflon feet allow smooth motion over any surface. Award winning Razer drivers feature On-the-Fly sensitivity adjustment. This mouse comes with a custom designed Razer Diamondback Lan-Pack for storage and transport.