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The mouse software is not included in the box, but is downloaded direct from the Steelseries website. We find the Steelseries website is very responsive, and it only took a couple of seconds to download the 29209kb file to our test machine.
The image above shows some ‘preset' configurations for popular games, such as Medal Of Honor, Starcraft II and World Of Warcraft.
When the software is installed and running, the Steelseries icon is highlighted in the Windows taskbar.
The software allows for profiles to be stored and recalled later. This saves some time and is very intuitively handled.
The settings panel is one we spent a lot of time within. It offers a variety of settings such as changing the colour of the onboard LED's and the LCD brightness and contrast settings.
Changing the colour of the LED sections will prove useful to many people, such as those who own Alienware machines with custom lighting. With the Steelseries software, the mouse can match the appearance of the laptop or desktop machine.
Custom bitmap files can be uploaded in the software directly to the mouse. These have to be a specific size (128 x 32 pixels) and in BMP format. I am no designer so my attempts were rather feeble. Those who spend a little more time will be able to have fun with the images. Do we really need it though? We can't help but feel Steelseries could have reduced the overall price a little if they removed this – therefore reaching a wider audience.
For the more demanding audience, Steelseries have opted to add a panel to track button presses. This is certainly not something an ‘average' gamer would ever require, but we can see that Steelseries are taking their software development seriously. We would rather have an option we don't need, than an option we need but don't have.
Bought one of these already, love it to death. Its really great software, even better than Razers
They are battling hard with Razer right now for market share. This should give Steelseries the edge in the gaming sector. I do think Razer make better keyboards however.
Good review Colin, I enjoyed playing with the mouse when you were over with us at clan match. The only thing I dont like is that Steelseries are delving a little too much into unnesscary software gimmicks and they could put the money into other things. I do like the lighting, but the underside LCD is pretty much just a talking point. no clan gamer I know uses or wants it.
Looks like a custom car paint finish, in different lighting for some of the shots, it looks bronze! how f*cking cool is that.
No one but DAS makes great keyboards.
http://www.daskeyboard.com/
But I agree that this the finest mouse ever made.
I’ve just bought one of these, but I’m not sure if it is defective or not. If I press the middle mouse button to the right It generates a mouse click (like logitech’s mice) but pressing the middle mouse to the left doesn’t. Can someone check theirs to see the behaviour.
驱动在修改系统主题字体的情况下总是无法运行。并且选项太多，太专业，不适合大部分普通玩家。
验证码可以再长点吗？