** Peripheral Showcase **

[t2na]

Oh I never tried putting this up for some reason, I whacked it up to max (30k) but it was way too twitchy, 16k actually feels like a good starting point. So it's on 1k polling rate, 16k DPI.

Still not chosen a new mouse, got scuppered when I realised how much I like having the ring finger rest on the Naga V2.

16k DPI?! What in-game sens do you use?

My main mouse is (Vaxee XE-S) at 1600DPI and 2k polling - my main FPS at the minute is The Finals and my sensitivity is 16 in that game that works out to about 53cm/360°.

I usually aim for around the 50cm per 360 in most games which feels about right for how I like to play.

 

[Noxia]

16k DPI?! What in-game sens do you use?

My main mouse is (Vaxee XE-S) at 1600DPI and 2k polling - my main FPS at the minute is The Finals and my sensitivity is 16 in that game that works out to about 53cm/360°.

I usually aim for around the 50cm per 360 in most games which feels about right for how I like to play.

I don't really play any FPS I was just saying that based on moving my cursor around the desktop lol.
I'm wondering does razer use a factor of ten or something in their settings because 1600 means the cursor moves like a snail.
I need to go double check I read the number right

 

[mrk]

You probably have some smoothing/acceleration feature on if it moves like a snail at 1600. That should always be off. 1600 tracks the cursor in games and desktop naturally and relative to desktop movement, so for example on my 32" 4K display if I place the cursor all the way to the right desktop edge, and mouse perfectly aligned with the right side of the keyboard, then move the mouse left, by the time the left mouse button aligns with the right arrow key on the KB, the cursor has reached the left edge of the desktop.

Or your Windows mouse pointer is set too low. A super high DPI means you must use a much lower input sensitivity in Windows and games to compensate.

 

[Noxia]

Hmm, no idea if this is helpful but on my 42" 4k, if I cursor to the left at 1600 I have to move about 3.5" to reach the other side. On 16k it's about 3cm lol. Maybe due to screen size then? Don't recall having to adjust sensitivity much in games if at all which is odd.

Only settings in windows is midway on the pointer speed scale and 'enhance pointer precision' is on. Oh just seen mouse mat surface calibration tool on Razer, never used that.

 

[mrk]

3cm to go edge to edge on 4K, I'm assuming that's at 100% display scaling as it's a 42" vs 32" which is at 125% scaling though. Still, that's way tight

 

[Noxia]

It's on 100% scale lol. Yeah maybe I need to just up it a smidge. 2500dpi makes it 2"

 

[mrk]

Got the OP1 8K in for testing and it's rather nice, it's an ambi mouse though so gotta adjust back to that shape for a bit. I like the ability to swap out switches, currently have the Zippy PILO switches which have a more direct click vs the Kailh GX that come stock.

Only complaint is that it feels and sounds hollow, there's a clicky echo pressing the side buttons especially which isn't very inspiring.

I suppose this is aimed at competitive player who don't care about such things though. Also it might look like a grippy texture surface but it's just pure matte, nice finishing overall.

 

[t2na]

Got the OP1 8K in for testing and it's rather nice, it's an ambi mouse though so gotta adjust back to that shape for a bit. I like the ability to swap out switches, currently have the Zippy PILO switches which have a more direct click vs the Kailh GX that come stock.

Only complaint is that it feels and sounds hollow, there's a clicky echo pressing the side buttons especially which isn't very inspiring.

I suppose this is aimed at competitive player who don't care about such things though. Also it might look like a grippy texture surface but it's just pure matte, nice finishing overall.

If you can get your hands on the Purple Frost edition it's worth giving that a go. That's the one I use (swapping between that and the Vaxee XE-S) and the coating on the purple frost is really nice, it's just basically sweat proof.

Completely agree with you as well about the huge positive of being able to swap out switches, it's such a nice thing to have available to you if you just want a different feeling switch or if you get a damaged one or one with a double click issue.

I was also a big fan of the config software, being able to make my m1 and m2 GX speed mode and it just feels so so snappy.

The only thing that I found tricky to get used to was the side buttons not being in exactly the location I liked (although not nearly as bad as the Viper v3 Pro) and just getting used to having a wire/cable again is always a small adjustment curve (although a bungee helps).

 

[mrk]

Yeah the side buttons are a little higher than where my thumb rests so I do find I am moving the thumb up and down more often whereas on my main mice both MX3S and Feinmann the positioning is just right.

Didn't know of the purple edition until after the fact!

 

[Noxia]

Yarrr it be tethered

 

[mrk]

Got a Wooting Two HE today, it's rather great but the new Ducky board is a league ahead in both quality and switch feedback, which is saying something because these Wooting boards are highly rated

Other than the analogue joystick control. Snappy Tappy stuff, the Ducky has it licked as a multi-talented keyboard IMO

 

[Faded]

Got a Wooting Two HE today, it's rather great but the new Ducky board is a league ahead in both quality and switch feedback

Is there an actual release date on that Ducky board? or am I just being stupid in being unable to find it online...

 

[mrk]

Is there an actual release date on that Ducky board? or am I just being stupid in being unable to find it online...

Will be out before the end of this month!

I'll share my review link on the release date

Also have the Keychron Q6 Max coming which I'm looking forward to as another heavyweight board!

 

[Faded]

Will be out before the end of this month!

I'll share my review link on the release date

Also have the Keychron Q6 Max coming which I'm looking forward to as another heavyweight board!

Ah okay, thanks.
I've actually just picked up a Keychron V6 Max but finding it quite jarring to use coming from a Logitech MX Keys!

 

[Noxia]

I'm after a full sized keyboard as some games are annoying on my 60%. I really like the look of that Wooting but that's probably just the lighting lol. Surprised it's already three years old too.
Ideally I want wireless but that limits me quite a bit.

Edit. Pic is the Ducky one?

 

[mrk]

The one at the top is the Ducky. The options you have with those requirements if you want a hefty high end board and full size are really Ducky One X or Keychron models like the Q6 Max (I have one coming probably this week). I'd say the Ducky is the one to go for base don the new switch tech, find out more about it when it launches on the 18th!

The pic above is the Wooting at bottom, Ducky at top.

 

[Noxia]

What's the model called? I tried searching upcoming ones but had a few results.

When I googled the Wooting Two HE it shows the top right buttons as being M1-M3, MR. Maybe it's just different on the UK one as the layout on site I think is US.

 

[mrk]

The top row of 4 buttons can be customised to be whatever on both Ducky One X and Wooting two HE, just configure them to preference in the web browser based utility for either. Ducky has more granular control though like advanced macro applied to M profiles that can then be assigned to any key which I use quite extensively, something the Wooting has too but not as granular so Ducky has bettered what Wooting basically brought to keyboards which is interesting. These buttons are the same whatever the layout. Ducky also gives a better Fn layer mode where if you hold Fn,. then any key can be remapped to an action, macro etc so you have secondary customisation this way which is very handy.

 

[Noxia]

Thanks, I'd be lying if I said I do much more than game on my PC to a significant amount that I need to consider having a more generalised keyboard.
Perhaps I misunderstood but Im sure I saw about analogue keys on the Wooting but I'm not sure what the context was, as in, is it a press it a bit and you walk, and full down and you run. Or was it meaning you have analogue control to adjust how far you have to press the actual key for it to register.

 

[mrk]

Yes both have analogue keys and there are two implementations, multipoint actuation which both have and controller joystick style actuation where a number of keys can be set to joystick analogue which mimics an analogue stick though with much smaller movement since each key bottoms out at up to 3.5-5mm depending on the switch. On the Wooting it works in games for walking slowly or driving etc but as said, the range of key travel is so short that it's mostly pointless as you have to feather each key-hold so delicately. This mode of analogue is mostly a gimmick in my eyes.

The multipoint actuation is useful for certain types of gaming, you can set functions to certain distance ranges, or customise the actuation point for any key on both boards which means one switch ty[pe is only ever needed and you simply set your actuation distance to whatever you like.