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Today we're looking at the SteelSeries Rival 300, one of a growing number of gaming mice with an acceleration-free optical sensor.The idea here is that by eliminating hardware acceleration, you can get a much more consistent experience; moving your mouse...
The SteelSeries Rival is a strong gaming mouse, with an ergonomic and lightweight design that will suit all but the tiny-handed. The optical sensor used here is one of the best available, and provides solid (and more importantly, consistent) performance...
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vortez.net Updated:
2016-10-27 03:42:30
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The differences between laser mice and optical have blurred over the past couple of years While many will opt for a laser mouse because a laser mouse is much more precise, in theory at least, and is much better at tracking on a wide range of surfaces whil...
Very comfortable in prolonged use (right handers), Highly Customisable, Textured, rubber nonslip surfaces, Fairly priced...
Lack of accessories, nonbraided cable...
We labelled the SteelSeries Sensei the best mouse on the planet bar none. We should amend that title to the best laser mouse on the planet because with the Rival the Sensei is not quite the master it once was. Now, we are not for one moment saying the Riv...
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We recently reviewed the wireless version of the Rival mouse, and at the time were particularly impressed with the actual wireless implementation, but as far as the pure ergonomics and function of the mouse itself goes, this is the pure version. It's ve...
Great value, and a great mouse...
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digitalversus.com Updated:
2016-10-27 03:42:30
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The SteelSeries Rival sees the optical sensor return to the gaming mouse market after being shunned for the last few years in favour of laser sensor technology. With a design inspired by the firm's Ikari model, the SteelSeries Rival is a relatively basic...
Nicely finished surfaces and grips, Good, comfortable shape, Subtle and discreet design...
Only suitable for righthanded users, Not many customisable buttons...
The SteelSeries Rival is a straight-forward gaming mouse that does its job just fine. The optical sensor ensures performances good enough to meet gamers' needs and it's generally a comfortable mouse to handle—notably thanks to its nicely finished surfaces...
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Optical mice first hit the scene back in 1999, replacing ball mice and their fluff-stuffing rollers. The Optical sensor is basically a tiny camera, with a small LED bouncing red light off the mousing surface onto a CMOS sensor, thousands of times per seco...
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Rival is the first gaming mouse from Steelseries that we review since a long time. It features a PixArt PMW3310 optical sensor with a maximum resolution of 6500 DPI. The software is simple but at the same time offers a lot of options. Rival is a mouse wit...
the sensor performs well and the software is practical and easy to use In our opinion, the optical sensor PixArt PMW3310 is perfect for those who like FPS and MOBA, where a millimeter can make the difference Steelseries Rival is a customizable mouse and...
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Gaming mice can be inordinately expensive, but the SteelSeries Rival is available for a surprisingly reasonable £39. It doesn't have any kind of weight adjustment system, as used by some of its premium rivals. Beyond that, though, it's got every feature w...
Great price for a good gaming mouse...
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"He is the Asian guy with black hair, brown eyes, and glasses," I told my friend. "Oh yeah, I know that guy!", my friend replied, albeit with a slight tone of sarcasm that can be clearly sensed from a mile away without any further explanation required. So...
As it turns out, the SteelSeries Rival's biggest rival may all boil down to the firmware it runs on, and the software it runs with. Now don't get me wrong -- the SteelSeries Rival is undoubtedly excellent hardware -- there is not a whole lot of question a...
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A simple, elegant gaming mouse from SteelSeries with accurate sensor and great comfort.It's been a while since we have a new mouse design from SteelSeries, one of the most popular gaming peripheral manufacturers. Their last gaming mouse that I reviewed ba...
The Rival may not have as many “bling blings” as the Sensei (which has an LCD display and a 32-bit ARM processor), but it gets back to the core of a great gaming mouse: design, performance, and comfort. Designed specifically for right handed gamers, the...
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Today's review will be focusing on the SteelSeries Rival which is a more recent addition to SteelSeries arsenal and one that, surprisingly, ships with an optical sensor as opposed to the ever present laser sensors mostly found in contemporary gaming mice...
The Rival is an interesting proposition from SteelSeries if not because of its apparent focus on minimalism then the associated price with it. Firstly, £50 is too much to ask for a mouse that, really, is quite lacking for £50 and especially when compared...
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Steelseries has a reputation for no-nonsense, solid gaming performance. Recent keyboard efforts may not have lived up to our expectations, but we've always had a strong respect for its mice, especially the Sensei, which is one of the most precise, full-fe...
Another solid effort from Steelseries, but not our top choice...
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SteelSeries have long been established as one of the major players for enthusiast gaming peripherals. When we reviewed their Sensei mouse a while back we found it to be one of the best gaming mice around and they had huge success with their World of Warcr...
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SteelSeries covers this new venture into mice with a look back at all the other products offered in performance mice, and thought to themselves they could do better. To do this, you need a couple of things, well a few actually. First and foremost you nee...
The Rival looks stunning, feels really good in the hand, is a bit heavier than most other SteelSeries mice, and offers a level of performance that I have not seen in any other mouse. This to me is a two pronged attack. Incorporating this new Pixart optic...
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Over the years, gaming mice have become increasingly ridiculous, adding all manner of superfluous feature and button so that it very nearly requires a degree in engineering just to hold one. Sometimes, a simpler approach is not only necessary – but welcom...
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Welcome to the next arsenal for your gaming artillery with SteelSeries' Rival Optical Mouse who have redesigned the traditional mouse shape to make it fit perfectly in the palm of your hands. This mouse also has the precision thanks to the 6500 counts per...
If you need a gaming mouse than this is it! It's that simple!About the AuthoradminRelated PostsStar Trek 50 Artists 50 Years Review →Plantronics BackBeat Pro+ Review →Slow West DVD Review →The Virgin Way Book Review →...
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Let me start out straight away by saying I had troubles setting up the Rival and I cannot, with 100% certainty, say that it was not a fault of my computer. For the purposes of this review, I will not fault it for this. It is a fact of PC gaming life, thou...
"I was beginning to feel that this wasn't a precision engineered product and started wishing I could trade that 3D printable nameplate for some decent Teflon feet"...
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While the gaming peripherals market is saturated with all the mice one could possibly want , we always welcome a good blend of price and performance. Introducing the SteelSeries Rival, a basic, bare-bone mice from SteelSeries that has a few nifty surprise...
It's been a while since SteelSeries created a right-hand only mouse, and it did so marvellously. Featuring a simple, modest design, it's a mouse that just works.For starters, the Rival brings excellent performance to the table. The Pixart PWM 3310 Sensor...
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computershopper.com Updated:
2016-10-27 03:42:30
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All the needs of the end users are met, for the moment. All their desires are sated, as well. The components of the best-available units are top-notch, and their performance specs similar. The designs become more or less standardized, and—barring some att...
Solid ergonomic design, Inexpensive, Angle snapping, acceleration, and deceleration, Excellent optical sensor, Stores profiles for each application and game...
Only switches between two dpi settings, No lift-distance control, Macro creation lacks depth, No sleep control when mouse not in use...
This right-handed FPS mouse is ergonomically sound, with a strong optical sensor, great precision, and separate profiles for each game or application you run. Read More…...
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gamecrate.com Updated:
2016-10-27 03:42:30
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I'm not usually a fan of glossy mice. In addition to tracking fingerprints faster than a doorknob, they do a poor job of dissipating palm sweat, making them uncomfortably slippy. This has several downsides, most pressing of which is losing control of your...
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So you read my mechanical keyboard round-up last spring, and I finally got you to throw out that rubber-domed piece of garbage you were using, right? Great! But then you plugged in that cheap three-button rodent that came with your computer, didn't you? Y...
The EC1 Evo CL is a great mouse, but Zowie Gear could make it even better with just a few design tweaks...
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The SteelSeries Rival is about as bare-bones as a gaming mouse can be. Only six buttons and a scroll wheel? Madness!And yet I found myself returning to the Rival as my daily driver while I had my pick of several high-priced, feature-packed alternatives. T...
Understated design, Tons of lighting options, Comfortable design (for righties)...
Only six buttons, 6500CPI sensor might not be high enough for your needs, Thumb buttons too far forward for claw- and fingertip grippers...
The Rival is perfect if you just want a comfortable, bare-bones mouse instead of a 15-button behemoth...
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SteelSeries moved away from the Sensei (Kana, Kinzu) ambidextrous design with its new gaming mouse, dubbed Rival. In fact, the mouse is unique in SS' rodent line-up. Since one reached my inbox a while ago, I should see what it's made of.I have to admit, I...
Great palmgrip fit, Great interior buildquality, Exhaustive software package, Excellent sensor;...
Scroll wheel gets stuck;...
Rival is an apt name for this mouse. It is a simple, yet interesting rodent, with one of those "perfect sensors," and a build that's unmatched for its price. I have one small gripe with it and that's the scroll wheel getting stuck when scrolling back. It...
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"It's beautifully designed, takes seconds to install, it's extremely comfortable and most importantly, it's flawlessly responsive." The two main features I want from a mouse are comfort and responsiveness. Most of my workdays consist of switching back and...
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I've been using SteelSeries mice for as long as they've been around. And if the SteelSeries Rival is any indication of how far they come and how far they're going to go, I'm going to keep using them as long as technology will allow.At first glance, the St...
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If you happen to be a space sim fan like myself you should be well aware that just a couple of weeks ago David Braben announced the launch of the Elite: Dangerous Premium Beta open only to backers and just yesterday Chris Roberts announced the pre-alpha a...
Overall Build Quality, Design, Grip (AntiSweat Coating/Rubber Grips), 6500 CPI Avago ADNS3310 IRLED Optical Sensor, Custom SteelSeries Switches (30m Clicks), 6 Programmable Buttons, SteelSeries Engine 3/CloudSync Software, Illumination Control (2 Differen...
Right Hand Use (For Some), Soft Rubber Coated Cable...
To date the only mouse that has sat on my primary desk for longer than 1 full year has been the SENSEI MLG again by SteelSeries so when they announced the RIVAL roughly 6 months ago i couldn't wait to see if this was the mouse to replace it. The answer is...
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The SteelSeries Rival optical gaming mouse ($59.99) is a perfectly good product, but it should have been better. Despite an ingenious design and a smart array of features, something about both the mouse and the software that accompanies it feels halfheart...
Comfortable design with excellent grip, Smart button layou, Comprehensive software...
No DPI indicato, Weak illuminatio, Nothing to set it apart from other mice...
The SteelSeries Rival gaming mouse is comfortable to use and comes with attractive software, but the device doesn't really stand out. The SteelSeries Rival optical gaming mouse ($59.99) is a perfectly good product, but it should have been bette...
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funkykit.com Updated:
2016-10-27 03:42:30
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Today we will take a look at the new Steelseries Rival gaming mouse. A mouse is one of the 2 main computer peripherals besides a keyboard and now you need a mouse for almost everything, from browsing the web to playing games to even the BIOS what was some...
Illumination, Soft Anti-Sweat coating, Rubber Grips, Ergonomic design...
Does not work so well on some surfaces like wood, Maybe difficult to use for people with small hands, Final Words, The Steelseries Rival mouse is pretty aggressively priced to compete with other gaming mice, the Rival is available for around 50 Euros wha...
The Steelseries Rival mouse is pretty aggressively priced to compete with other gaming mice, the Rival is available for around 50 Euros what is a decent price for a mouse. I do recommend getting a mouse pad if you work on a surface what is not really flat...
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It doesn't happen too often when a new optical gaming mouse receives hype. In-fact this past year up until now, all the mice we reviewed all used lasers and laser sensors. SteelSeries sent us their Rival gaming mouse which does feature an optical sensor a...
Our experience with the SteelSeries Rival mouse was very positive, but there are some minor concerns. Our first criticism is that the mouse nameplate is an unneeded gimmick. This usefulness of this feature is overstated for a multitude of reasons, most of...
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When it comes to mice, SteelSeries over the past few years has basically stuck with a single design that they have used on multiple mice. We first saw it with the Xai and later the Sensei but they have also used it on various branded mice and a smaller ve...
When you put it all together, the Rival is a great mouse. SteelSeries did a nice job of creating a mouse design that takes in some of what has made the Siberia great while departing enough to make a unique design that will go well next to the Siberia in...
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If you are determined to reach the peak of your potential performance the importance of an accurate sensor cannot be overstated. There is little use in you developing insane muscle memory if your sensor is neither consistent in its response nor tracking y...
Although the Sensei 310 and Rival 310 have slight differences - number of buttons and shape - in a lot of ways they are the same.They both have the same materials for the main body of the mouse, a nicely textured matte plastic, whilst the sides of both ha...
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