G15 keyboard, my new favorite toy :)

barney · 8 Apr 2006 at 04:18

Just gotta say i love this keyboard. The LCD screen is brliiant as i know have a constant system monitor in front of me all the time. Took a little whiel to set it up but i can now see everything from the CPU temp to memory useage and my FPS when im playing a game

If any of you know of a good small font to use on the display (around 6pt) let me know as the ones i have been able to find dont seem to display some numbers/letters very well.

Havent even got onto playing with the macros yet

mattzilla · 8 Apr 2006 at 07:35

Nice

Had my eye on one of these for a while!

Quick question for you, is it entirely a USB keyboard, or does it have to be plugged into the PS/2 port too?

R@tman · 8 Apr 2006 at 08:43

ive had one of these for a while now

i can understand the prices its like £70 now i paid just over half that when i bought mine

Anyways im loving it theres a few good g15 forums about that have some good addins for it like teamspeak and bf2 addin(< Still in Beta )

Naffa · 8 Apr 2006 at 11:52

mattzilla said:
Quick question for you, is it entirely a USB keyboard, or does it have to be plugged into the PS/2 port too?

Just USB.

Yeah this keyboard owns :cool:

at first I couldn't type on it but now its like a dream. The LCD does come in handy, as do the G keys which change profile for each game you play :cool:

I payed £60 for mine and feel like a bit of a numpty as I'd say this keyboards value is probally around £45.. but still.. i love it

R@tman · 8 Apr 2006 at 13:18

naffa said:
Just USB.

Yeah this keyboard owns at first I couldn't type on it but now its like a dream. The LCD does come in handy, as do the G keys which change profile for each game you play I payed £60 for mine and feel like a bit of a numpty as I'd say this keyboards value is probally around £45.. but still.. i love it

paid £38 for mine

Cyanide · 8 Apr 2006 at 13:21

Got mine from OCUK a few weeks ago, I didn't really care about the cost as they're about the only place I found that had one in stock!

It's the mother of all keyboards... I just wish more games supported the LCD!

barney · 8 Apr 2006 at 17:24

Yep OCuk is the only place i have seen them in stock in the last 4 months so more then happy to pay the full cost for it

Completely usb and has a 2 port USB hub built in which can be handy to plug a joystick or pad in. LCD studio is very easy to use and make your own apps and if your overclocking your system its amazing to be able to see all your system information on your keyboard!

Just trying to find out what the size of the LCD is so i can make some nice boarders/layouts for my information. It is a shame more games dont support it but i think that a lot of them will do in the future.

DB_SamX · 8 Apr 2006 at 21:36

My bro and I have found LCD studio really buggy but when you do get it to work with dials for temps, cpu speeds, etc, it looks awesome.

And yeah, wished more games had add-ins for it,

But keyboard itseld is good. Mind you, takea more than its fair share of desk space.

barney · 8 Apr 2006 at 22:08

Just finished my system infor app and it looks pretty good even if i do say so myself

CI and CII are core one and two and have little line graphs which show the usage over time, the numbers nuext the the CPU and SYS temps are the fan speeds for the two 12cm ones.

Gavin · 8 Apr 2006 at 22:21

i was just looking at these. So how do you get any info on the lcd screen?

barney · 8 Apr 2006 at 22:37

Basically you just use LCD studio, there are lots of monitoring programs out there that have plugins for LCD studio and this lets you pull the information into the program. Then you can display it anyway you want. You can get loads of different plug ins that work with different programs (suchs as ones that work with teamspeak and MSN).

I used speedfan and just the normal system information to get the information on my screen. Its fairly easier once you play with it for awhile.