14 DAY TRIAL // Although it's been under the heavy assault of console gaming for quite some time now, PC gaming is still going strong, with most professional tournaments and gamers being still pretty much stoked about the “ole' desktop”.
Naturally, each serious PC gamer is constantly looking for peripherals or components that will manage to help him/her get the upper hand against their competitors, and, for this reason, gaming accessory manufacturer Zowie Gear has released the Celeritas gaming keyboard that they tout to be the world's fastest mechanical keyboard.
Developing competitive gaming gear which satisfies a wide variety of gamers through different types of games such as FPS, RTS and Racing games is a challenge, and, in order to overcome it, Zowier Gear teamed up with professional players of Counter-Strike (FPS), Starcraft (RTS) and Kartrider (Racing), in order to develop a keyboard which allows for fast and efficient usage.
The resulting product, the Celeritas, features 18K gold-plated brown mechanical switches for increased durability and pressure feeling, nylon key caps for a better comfort feeling at the touch of your fingers, and last but not least, a simplified, yet strong black design.
The primary feature of the ZOWIE CELERITAS is the newly developed ZOWIE RTR (Real Time Response) technology which allows the user to define the repeat-response of their presses to be 1x, 2x, 4x or 8x of the normal repeat-response for a keyboard when using the PS/2 connector.
RTR allows gamers to gain a higher responsiveness from their keys and thereby increase the pace of movement in FPS and Racing games or possibly even increase the APM in RTS.
With an actual response-time of only 0,2 seconds, the ZOWIE CELERITAS has the fastest response-time of any mechanical keyboard currently on the market.
Furthermore, it features anti-ghosting, supporting all keys through PS/2 and 6 keys through USB, offers multimedia controls and also allows users to change the “Windows"-key to "Ctrl" , while its 1.8-meter/5.6-feet cable should prove long enough in order to deliver a good level of freedom.
The Zowie Gear Celeritas keyboard should arrive in stores in the beginning of December 2010, with the MSRP being set at around 119,90 EUR.