Logitech debuts G810 mechanical keyboard with ‘faster than Cherry’ switches

By Darren Allan

Mechanical keyboards are definitely of the moment, and here’s another one from Logitech.

The G810 Orion Spectrum is a full-size gaming keyboard with Romer-G mechanical switches which Logitech claims give you “near-instant responsiveness”. In fact, the company reckons that key presses will register up to 25% quicker than your standard Cherry MX mechanical switch.

That could, in theory, be the difference between life and death in an online shooter – provided your broadband connection doesn’t sink you regardless of your quick-draw keyboard.

40% more durability is also promised from the switches, which have been endurance-tested to 70 million keystrokes.

Light up your life

And naturally, as this is a gaming keyboard, we get pretty flashing lights. The G810 offers RGB backlighting with 16.8 million colours, and it can light groups of keys for specific genres (FPS, MMO, or RTS for example) or even specific games (such as Counter-Strike, DotA).

Or you can sit back and look at things like a glittery star effect, where white lights twinkle on and off like stars in the night sky. Brian Cox would approve (probably).

In fact, there are lighting profiles for over 300 games, no less, and you can customise your own lighting schemes with the provided Logitech Gaming Software. …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components