Gigabyte Trots Out Gaming Keyboard, Mouse and More
Gigabyte's Aivia gaming peripherals are launching this month.
Gigabyte had a huge presence at Computex. Aside from announcing a video card with five fans and a host of new motherboards, the company also had several peripherals on hand to show off. Among these was the Osium gaming keyboard. This is a mechanical keyboard with cherry red switches and blue backlighting. It's got five programmable macro keys and five gaming profiles as well as support for USB 3.0, wheel controllers for the backlight and volume, full-range anti-ghosting, and a detachable hand rest.
To go with that keyboard is the Krypton gaming mouse with laser sensor, 8200 DPI, four programmable presets (selectable via a dedicated button), dual switchable base plate with either ceramic or Teflon feet, left or right handed, a weight system for customizing the center of gravity, a total of five profiles with up to 70 profiles, and a nylon braided cable.
Lastly, Gigabyte had the Skyvision WS100 Wireless HDMI solution (WHDI 1.0) which is capable of transmitting up to 1080p, 10 meters line of sight, and a latency of <0.1ms. It plugs right into an HDMI port on the graphics card and requires one USB port for power. There's no drivers or software needed, it works with PS3, Xbox, etc., as long as the required ports are available, and it operates between 5.19 GHz and 5.795 GHz.
Pricing for the Osium is set at $100 and it should be available later this month. The Krypton gaming mouse is priced at $80, while no pricing was offered for the Skyvision WS100.





I'll be sticking with my HP keyboard and Lenovo mouse. Seriously, I want a mouse and keyboard that's around 40-60 that's top notch. $100 and $80!? That's a bit too much!
How long will it take for someone to push wireless powered mouses/keyboards to the market?
$100 for a keyboard with mechanical switches and all those features is a a pretty good price.
$40-$60 buys you a decent keyboard, but nothing comparable to the feel of mechanical switches.
Dpi is useless marketing gimmick just like RAM memory on non custom pcs or 7.1 headsets.
Kill you on the battlefield with my 6000Dpi mouse set to kill
The WHDI adapter looks low-end. These things need real good antennas to work properly so the smaller they get the worse they are.
The mouse looks like a great performer but it could be wireless... WiFi Direct seems to be lag-free.
DPI is just a useless marketing term that has nothing to do with the quality of the mouse.
Sensor accuracy and reliable tracking at high speeds is much more important than DPI.
Most pro gamers use very low DPI/CPI (counts per inch). 800-1600 are reasonable settings, but anything beyond 3000 is pointless.
Think about it: 6000CPI means about 2400 counts per cm of mouse movement.
Let's assume a very low sensitivity setting like 36cm/360°, that means 240 counts per degree of camera movement.
In other words: 1 count moves your crosshair by about 0.73cm at 100m distance.
For reference: on a 1080p monitor a single pixel is about 6-8cm at 100m depending on your field of view setting.
Even at 9 or 18cm/360° (very high sensitivities) you still don't need that many CPI.
I would hate to be the one doing keyboard benchmarks. You either have to repeatedly bang on the keys until your hair turns grey or your fingers creaks from arthritis.
Considering mechanical switches were around in the days of the original ps2 keyboard you'd think that the price on them would have gone down instead of up. I guess if you slap the word "gaming" on something you can double the price and re-re's will buy it thinking their l33t.
Line of sight is useless except for radio towers and aircraft.
I'm just amazed at how little most people seem to know about them. It seems the comments on this about keyboards are from people who immediately reject the idea of them without finding out why they are a thing, or from people who already know all about them and have a preferred switch.
Course, you could always get a used model m on ebay for $30-40.
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Max I will ever spend (and I think this is ridiculous) is $100 combined for a keyboard and mouse.