Gadgetory

what's up guys this is Dimitri and not many of you may know about ROC add other than a few reviews we've done of their product but I have a feeling that that will change the next year since they're on a path to launch some really innovative peripherals they're showing some at CES and that we stopped to take a look but before we go into all the kind of stuff and shout out from our sponsors big thanks to Nvidia gigabyte fantex and NCIX for our CES coverage so first rocket is launching a new optical sensor called the D owl eye which is based on the Pixar 3360 series it's a fantastic sensor and Rockets own iteration is the 33 61 which has been tuned for optimum performance between 500 and 3,000 dpi which is where rocket claims 90% of gamers spend their time the sensor will be available on the cone EMP and the cone pure and the new wireless leader which supposedly has one-to-one accuracy between the mouse motion and cursor movement on the screen and we know that the sensor is very well equipped to handle Wireless operation so the leader is definitely in the high-end for wireless mice and so the leader is based off the tie on with some lighting disabled for improved battery life but it also promises to deliver all the performance of this wired mouse within a wildest form factor this means it's supposed to deliver lag free experience with virtually no latency and this is supposed to be their response to logitech's excellent G 900 and the Razer Mamba mice to accomplish that it uses a 2.4 gigahertz Wireless band a thousand Hertz polling rate to communicate with this massive base station this way they have done something a bit low-key but in my eyes the dogs is just way too large the base station allows the mouse to rest vertically so we're like showcasing the mouse when it's charging and indicates real time Mouse charge as well when the leader is not docked so I got to use the mouse and play some csgo the Mouse felt great I was surprised at how light it felt for such a large body with a built in battery but I'm not sure the time frame is the best choice for Wireless iteration as I prefer personally a smaller mice for gameplay the good thing to know about the wireless expansion for mice is acceptance from gamers of a fantastic sensor performance and all you have to worry about is really battery life which spans around 20 hours so between charges and if you don't want wireless operation you can also use the included USB cable for direct input and so price is set to compete with the G 900 as they are pretty much the same sensor with different bodies the other thing we saw it work out was the SQ keyboard which is just a boring membrane keyboard but with a little spice of analog switches for woz and QE switches and so these new membrane switches allow for variable pressure to be used and when used with supported games inputs can be drastically affected so for example a hard press would cause your character to run likely holding down the key will lead to like creeping along while amid pressure hold will allow you to simply walk and so these functions can be mapped within Rocket's swarm software and can be completely disabled if necessary and also customized for your preference so we tried this concept out for some time in the game it was a bit hard to get a handle on especially since the three-level actuation don't feel that great on the membrane switch and obviously after playing games for years introducing analog technology into your movement on the keys presents a unique challenges like learning to ride a bicycle all over again but it might be awesome for driving in GTA v licking the car so you can cruise around so you have a bit of speed control but maybe completely useless in many other games and so the s key with pressure-sensitive switches will retail for $100 while the less expensive sq+ without the analog inputs will go for more affordable $79 which is still a bit ridiculous for a non-mechanical keyboard but hey some gamers still prefer how membrane switches feel