Introduction
Today we are taking a look at a mouse from Steelseries, they sent us their latest gaming mouse named Xai. This mouse comes equipped with a small display on the bottom and it is also conveniently made for lboth eft and right handed users. A quick first look at the software shows an array of various features to play around with if you are a gamer or normal user. Lets take a look at this mouse to see what kind of performance we should expect.
About Steelseries:
Check out their website, http://www.steelseries.com/int/about
Specifications:
- Frames per second: 12.000
- Inches per second: 150+
- Megapixels per second: 10.8
- Counts per inch: 100 – 5.001 (one CPI Steps)
- Max. Acceleration: 30 G
- Sensor data path: True 16 bit
- Lift distance: ~1mm (auto-adjusting)
- Buttons: 8
- Cord: 2 m / 6,5 ft (braided to improve durability)
- Polling: 125 – 1000 Hz (1Hz increments)
- Gold-plated USB connector
- Measurements: 125,5 x 68,3 x 38,7 mm / 4,94 x 2,69 x 1,52 in
- CPI high/low indicator
- SteelSeries FreeMove Technology
- SteelSeries ExactSens Technology
- SteelSeries ExactRate Technology
- SteelSeries ExactAim Technology
- On mouse acceleration Technology
- On mouse LCD display for tweaking above technologies thru menu system
- Large pressure points that reduce friction for optimized glide
- Driverless, plug-and-play feature for LAN gamers
- Built-in memory for 5 profiles
- Operating systems: Win 2000/XP/Vista/7 / Mac OSX
*Configuration software only available for Windows operating systems
The Product:
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The Xai comes packed in a nice black and orange box with a plastic cover over the mouse so you can get a feeling of how the mouse feels before buying it. On the front they have listed some main features and on the back you will find even more information.
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The mouse is shaped so it can be used by both left and right handed users, it’s quite big so it will also fit perfect in a bigger hand. The cord is sleeved which protects the cable very well vs both kids and animals,,, and if you happen to roll over it with the chair!
