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The software and driver installation only takes a few minutes and was faultless on our Windows 7 64 bit Enterprise Edition build. An icon resides in the taskbar and you can access the software and profile system from here whenever you wish.
The interface is visually very attractive, and thankfully the software is also very stable. From here you can set up profiles and four DPi settings which work together with the buttons on the mouse.
The software is not an extremely indepth design, but it offers enough options to fine tune the tracking and to cater for people who need to set up a small number of profiles. We will look at this a little more later in the review.
Test System
Motherboard: Sapphire Pure Black X58
System Memory: 6GB Kingston H20 @ 2100mhz
Processor: Intel i7 980x @ 4.5ghz
Video: nVidia GTX580
Monitor: illyama B2712HDS
Operating System: Windows 7 Enterprise x64
In regards to the mouse performance, the sensitivity options should cover most bases for almost everyone, apart from the extreme gamers who need more fine tuning of various settings. Unfortunately while the tracking of the R.A.T. 3 is first class, I found the mouse body to feel rather ‘light' in my hand, which might suit some people but sadly not myself.
In the efforts to be thorough, I let several people play with the mouse over the course of a week, and I found it was extremely popular with a handful of younger gamers, including a female clan gamer who seemed to bond with the shape and weight. Getting it back to finish the review was actually rather difficult.
I found the R.A.T.3 more than acceptable for everyday use and while the shape looks dramatic in the pictures, it is actually surprisingly comfortable. It wouldn't replace my Steelseries Ikari for everyday use, but I found the tracking to be extremely accurate and the shape easy to adapt to. Unfortunately as I am a big guy and used to heavier mice, I really found myself wanting to add extra weight to the body.
This is obviously going to be very much down to personal taste, however I feel confident after speaking with a handful of gamers who used the product for several days that the weight is not an issue.
Never heard of them, but I read some issues as you said on the earlier versions. I just ordered the Rat 5, Rat 7 costs too much.
I gotta say, these really do look friggin good. I need an upgrade, but id like to try them myself.
Brilliant review KG, i was looking at the RAT3 in pcworld last week and almost bought it, but I saw the madcatz name and didnt bother. shall pick it up at the weekend. news years treat !
They certainly put a lot of effort into the design of the Rat 7. thats phenomenal work. but I still dont trust the name ! I see so much crap by this company that I immediately assume the worse.
Still, good review, and it got me thinking.
I have the RAt 9 and its easily the best mouse on the market. costs a small fortune, but worth every penny. I game in a clan and I wouldnt be without My Rat 7 (which I use for the clan as cabled is better).
I have the RAt 9 and its easily the best mouse on the market. costs a small fortune, but worth every penny. I game in a clan and I wouldnt be without My Rat 7 (which I use for the clan as cabled is better).
Well at least its different. every time I see a new mouse from razer for example it looks like a rebadged older model with a different colour or something.
Well this has certainly perked my attention. I didnt like the XAI and like the author im still using my Ikari as I can find nothing else to beat it. I would like a hands on with the RAT 7. any chance ? 🙂
Hi guys enjoyed your review, the RAT 3 is not entorely devoid of physical adjustment, if you remove the small finger rest by removing the allen key, u will see a small screw which is on the underside of the palm rest, if you remove this screw the palm rest slides back and forth the same as the RAT7 and has numerous holes for the screw to anchor the palm rest at the desired position.
I bought the RAT3 from PCWorld in the UK, and 2 months later it failed.
Technical support told me to return it to the point of purchase, but PCWorld told me it wasn’t classed as “electrical goods”, and therefore only had a 28 day warranty. Just so others understand, “electrical goods” in the UK have a minimum of 1 year warranty, mandated by law.
PCWorld refused to budge, and I didn’t feel like paying for a lawyer, so I opened it up myself (about a bazillion minature screws), and the fault was sooo laughingly simple… The USB lead inside had worked loose from the 01inch headers on the PCB. Just pressed it home again, and the mouse was fully functional again.
HI Allan, I wish I could say i was surprised, but a few people I know have had similar experiences with PCWORLD. Their customer service is shockingly bad. I think this is why Amazon get such a good reputation as they will often accept returned goods and send out a replacement even before the faulty unit is received.