Logitech G Series Keyboards

Typing with Cherry Blues ...is better than stroking the dash plastics and fondling the switch gear on an E39 y'know :p ...I know, I've done both.
 
One major drawback of the G19 gaming keyboard if you have an Asus motherboard is that it will cause your computer to freeze during start-up at the "Initializing USB Controllers", as happened to me. This means you will need to use a different keyboard to access the BIOS, and then wait until Windows loads before plugging in the G19. This is a known bug, but forewarned is forearmed.
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This sounds annoying. I have an Asus P8-Z68, wonder if thats still an issue?
 
lol of course i mean keyboards that look like they should cost £10. Its quite a surprising case to make against mechanical keyboards yet not against any particular G series keyboards. Being totally honest, most mechs look like cheap Chinese rubbish just like most 'gaming' keyboards do. The difference is, Mechs aren't.

Moeks said:
...I went to school with keyboards that had built in computers ...Acorn A3000's and A3010's iirc.
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I use teamspeak lots - the idea of a keyboard with a seperate mute microphone button and a screen showing who is speaking etc is appealing.

A completely square otherwise featureless keyboard with great sensivity doesn't, really. As I said I was very happy with my previous Logitech keyboard until I drowned the poor thing.
 
[TW]Fox;21751421 said:
This sounds annoying. I have an Asus P8-Z68, wonder if thats still an issue?
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Hey fox, been a while. (Bomb Da Bass BTW from BF2 days)

I have had the G19 and loved it. Also I had various ASUS motherboards at the time and didnt experience any of the issues mentioned, is this a recent issue?

Or something that would have plagued their x58 range also? I had mine just after launch in mid/Late 2009. I had the G19 while using my ASUS Rampage III (Intel x58 based board) with no issues.

This however is more than can be said for the Corsair Vengance K90 which I am using at the moment which fails to function on post/bios

Suffice to say I will be looking to buy another G19 myself shortly.

I have to say though while the screen is nice on the G19 its covered in the type of clear perspex that scratches as soon as you run a duster over it. Abit like the piano black finish you can find on some products which you only have to look at and those hair line scratches appear. This may bug you, I know it did me after paying £150 for the keyboard at the time.

I also found that if you used the keyboard rest it marked the leading edge of the keyboard where it clipped in. Just some minor things to keep in mind.

Also back then there were not a lot of apps for the acutal screen itself, I found that i left mine on the analogue clock most of the time. This obviously may well have improved in recent times.

Take it easy,

Sorry if this doesnt make any sense, posting from my iPhone.
 
I've had my G510 since new year. Overall I'm very happy with it, it's the best keyboard I have had so far. The backlighting is nice, it's nice and even, and the colour choice is a nice feature too. The keys themselves you have to press a little harder than normal I'd say, and the feedback from them isn't amazing, but after a while you get used to it and you don't even notice it. The screen is very handy, I use an app called C2DtoG15, which shows CPU, GPU, RAM and network usage, along with core temps, gpu temps etc, very handy indeed I find.

panyan said:
- the changing backlight thing is a complete gimmick I actually find this very useful, I switch between a few different colours regularly, some ear easier to see in different lights
- the keys feel a bit mushy this is the biggest problem I have, they do feel a bit mushy, although I'm used to them now after 5 months
- i didnt use the macro keys whatsoever (what would one use them for in bf3?) I find them more useful out of games, for instance using them on forums to input image tags etc, saves a lot of time
- the screen was useful for watching cpu and ram, but im indifferent about not having it I find it great for the cpu/ram usage as well as core temps.. I could live without it but I find it very handy
- the volume scroll wheel is useful agreed, it's nice to use :)
- the audio port extensions are useful (bare in mind when you plug/unplug the audio the keyboard restarts and the computer sees it as a virtual sound card) these are gread, and I swear they're amplified too, plugging my headphones in, I have to leave the volume on like 10% max!

I moved from the g510 to a filco majestouch with mx browns and i have not looked back ever since, the g510 felt like a bit of a toy in hindsight

imho: get a mechanical board
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