There is a new development to Razer’s Viper line of gaming mice called the Razer Viper 8K.
This is expected to be user friendly as the new mouse will use the same sensor and switches used on 2019’s Viper Ultimate. However, it comes with an updated 8,000 Hertz (Hz) polling rate sensor. This sets it apart from competing gaming mice and it is already available for sale for $79.99.
Speaking on the development, Alvin Cheung, senior VP of Razer’s peripherals business unit, who described latency as a very important part of gameplay because it significantly affects the overall gaming experience said it is still overlooked by many companies. According to him, it is being overlooked because the companies focused for too long on increasing DPI.
He noted that the lower latency, unlike DPI has benefits for both casual and professional players because it can shave off important milliseconds from the overall reaction time.
Speaking further Cheung noted that during the company’s testing and development process of Razer Viper 8K, with a large pool of competitive players and mouse enthusiasts, they got positive feedbacks which showed that it’s significantly smoother and more responsive input with the use of the HyperPolling Technology.
Although the Razer Viper mouse has eight times the speed of standard gaming mice, polling typically at 1,000 Hz, this means that the higher polling rate is a direct mechanical advantage for players. This is because there will be less latency across the board.
With the innovation, the Razer HyperPolling technology can provide extra split second in both upper-level ladder games or tournaments, which might make a big difference.
One of the mouse’s features includes a high-end Razer Focus 20,000 dots per inch (DPI) optical sensor, which is on par with the upper-end gaming mice from Logitech, ASUS, and other companies.
Also, it has second-gen Razer optical mouse switches, specially designed to use an infrared light beam to instantly read a player’s click input.
This means that the actuation on these switches is three times faster than mechanical switches. Razer also noted that these switches have appeared on other mice over the past few years and ave been seen to be reliable.
Another interesting feature of this mouse is its lightweight nature of 71 grams. Such a feature makes it easy for both left-handed and right-handed gamers.
It also has onboard memory and eight programmable buttons that allows players to store up to five onboard memory profiles directly on their mouse. With this feature, no need of worrying about setting up software on every machine being used.
Written by Oladipupo Mojeed
