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Written by Rodney Reynolds   
Saturday, 28 April 2007
Article Index
#815 - Razer Diamondback Mouse
Page 2: Packaging
Page 3: Specs
Page 4: Installation
Page 5: Software
Page 6: Closer Look
Page 7: Conclusion
 

3GM Review #815:
Manufacturer: Razer USA

Provided by:
Razer USA
Model: Diamondback
Rating: KICKASS
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Introduction:

First, a little about the company, Razer USA Ltd. They are best known as Razer. This next blurb is from their website on their company structure:


 “Razer is the world's leading brand in high-end computer gaming peripherals. We reinvented the computer gaming industry by bringing the competitive edge to gamers when professional computer gaming was in its infancy. In the mid 90s, with the advent of networked gaming and competitive first-person-shooter (FPS) games, gamers found that their legacy peripherals were inhibiting rather than enhancing their gameplay.

In the late 90s, after years of research and development, the Razer Boomslang™ gaming mouse, the stuff of gaming legends, was launched. Featuring an unprecedented precision of up to 2000 dpi when other mice maxed out at 400 dpi, the Razer Boomslang™ offered up to five times the accuracy of other gaming mice of its time. The Razer Boomslang's™ precision technology was powered by proprietary opto-mechanical technology developed by the Razer engineering team and its sleek design and profile sculpted by ergonomics experts of its day.

And the rest is history. The Razer Boomslang™ is now part of gaming culture and legend with some of the top gamers of its time adopting it as their weapon of choice. Jonathon Fatal1ty Wendell, Sujoy Roy, Hakeem and Xenon, some of the many professional gamers that have sworn by their Razer Boomslang™ gaming mice.

While the Razer Boomslang™ has been succeeded by the Razer Viper™, which featured a 1000 dpi optical engine, the next quantum leap in computer gaming peripherals arrived when Razer unveiled the Razer Diamondback™ in San Francisco at the Grand Finals of the World Cyber Games 2004.

The Razer Diamondback™ is the world’s first 1600 dpi optical gaming mouse. Powered by Razer Precision™, the Razer Diamondback™ was the first gaming mouse in the world to sweep all the major gaming awards available at that time. It also outclassed an entire genre of gaming hardware to be awarded the highly coveted Gamespot's Gaming Hardware of the Year 2004 accolade. The Razer Diamondback™ was considered the de rigueur gaming mouse of its prime with most of the leading gaming professionals adopting it as their weapon of choice.

Having led the technology arms race and overpowering its competitors for the past few years, Razer has stamped its leadership in gaming technology in the fall of 2005 again. In the hallowed tradition of the Razer Boomslang™ and the Razer Diamondback™, we decided to revolutionize the gaming mouse again in 2005.

The Razer Copperhead™ is the world's most advanced mousing peripheral today. It’s the world’s first laser gaming mouse, the world's only thinking mouse and the world's fastest gaming mouse.

Featuring a laser sensor Powered by Razer Precision™, the Razer Copperhead™ has an unparalleled tracking precision of up to 2000 dpi. It is also the fastest mouse today utilizing a full speed USB bus when other mice are still low speed USB devices. The Razer Copperhead™ is up to 8 times faster in terms of data polling and is also the first mouse in the world to feature onboard memory capabilities Powered by Razer Synapse™. Each Razer Copperhead™ can also be personalized in terms of weights and buttons to meet the demanding standards of professional gamers.

Undoubtedly, Razer is the worldwide leader in terms of professional gaming peripherals. While we are light years ahead of our competitors in terms of technology, design and ergonomics, we are not resting on our laurels but are developing other key products and peripherals with the gamer in mind to bring that competitive edge to gameplay that Razer is synonymous with.

Razer is headquartered in San Diego, California and is distributed worldwide in all major countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Razer designs, manufactures and markets cutting-edge gaming peripherals that provide professional computer gamers with the competitive edge through a combination of proprietary technology, innovation and ergonomic industrial design. Razer’s research and development team collaborates with leading professional gamers to develop proprietary technology for next generation gaming peripherals. Razer’s superiority in gaming peripherals stems from its ability to understand and conceptualize peripherals that gamers need and thereafter bring the product from drawing board to the retail shelves.

In short, we are a company of gamers who build products for gamers. Each Razer peripheral bears the invisible signature of hundreds of professional gamers, gaming enthusiasts and engineers and each Razer™ gaming product is built from single components; pieced and assembled with care and precision so as to optimize the gameplay for all professional gamers worldwide. Engineered to near perfection, Razer's reputation of being the leaders in gaming technology is embodied in every single Razer product.”~
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Many of you may remember the Boomslang or maybe owned one yourself. This was their very first mouse product and it was realized way back in 1990. In 2004 I reviewed the Razer Viper Mouse. This product was very impressive with a
1000 DPI hardware-based optical engine. It was a fantastic gaming mouse and truly loved by many gamers. The quick response and customizable software set it apart from other mice products at that time. Within the last year or so Razer has introduced other products besides mice. As of late, Razer has added the Copperhead, Habu and DeathAdder Mice to their product list. They now have quality audio and keyboards products. Today I will be looking at the newly revised Diamondback Gaming Mouse. Let's get on with it!



 

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