14 DAY TRIAL // One thing that high-end mice like to integrate these days is multicolored illumination, especially the sort that can be adjusted to truly fit your idea for the best color ever. SteelSeries' Rival is an example of a mouse that can do this.
The principle is, ultimately, the same one behind the ability of displays to show color: take red, green and blue lights and combine them for various effects.
So if you have three LEDs in a mouse and decent software for adjusting their intensity, you can choose any of the 16.8 million color options therein.
SteelSeries' Rival Optical Gaming Mouse utilizes the SteelSeries Engine 3 software to achieve this, in two distinct illumination zones, so you can have two shades glowing beneath your palm and between your fingers.
Of course, the lighting system would not have a place on a mouse if said peripheral didn't excel in its core task. The same can be said about the anti-sweat coating and rubber side grips (which deliver “optimal texture, feel, and comfort” as the company would say).
First off, the sensor can reach up to 6500 counts per inch (CPI) and the response time can be customized down to 1 ms.
The zero acceleration and movement speeds of up to 200 inches per second at 50g of acceleration will make high-speed gaming a breeze.
SteelSeries also chose mechanical switches that can last for over 30 million clicks, more than any other gaming mouse on the market (or so the claim goes).
Other assets include feet made of PTFE material (“consistent and optimal glide across all surface types”), right-handed profile, and the ExactTech technology that can make it easier for a user to do certain things according to the game they're playing:
SteelSeries ExactAim - allows the user to slow down, focus and aim SteelSeries ExactSens - controls the levels of sensitivity SteelSeries ExactAccel - how quickly the mouse accelerates from one point to another
The price of the SteelSeries Rival Optical Gaming Mouse is $59.99 / €59.99.