RAZER™ INFORMATION

Razer is one of the world's leading brands in high-end computer gaming equipment. Having their headquarters in Carlsbad, California, Razer enjoys an extensive and international distribution of their products. They sell in all major countries and continents: in America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle-East. Razer designs and produces cutting-edge gaming equipment that provides professional computer gamers a combination of technology, innovation and design. Razer's research and development team works together with leading professional gamers to develop the best technology for next generation of gaming equipment. Razer's superiority in gaming equipment comes from their ability to understand and conceptualize what the gamers need and to produce the product afterwards.

Each Razer product bears the invisible signature of hundreds of professional gamers, gaming enthusiasts and engineers, and each Razer gaming product is built from single components, assembled with care and precision to optimize the gameplay for all professional gamers worldwide. Because of all those facts, Razer's reputation of being the leader in gaming technology is shown in every single Razer product.

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FACTS

• 4000dpi Razer Precision 3G Laser™ sensor
• 32KB Razer Synapse™ onboard memory
• Nine independently programmable Hyperesponse™ buttons
• 1000Hz Ultrapolling / 1ms response time
• On-The-Fly Sensitivity™ adjustment
• Variable true dpi setting adjustments in increments of 125dpi
• Always-On™ mode
• Ultra-large non-slip buttons
• 16-bit ultra-wide data path
• 60-100 inches per second
• Ambidextrous design
• Scroll wheel with 24 individual click positions
• Zero-acoustic Ultraslick™ Teflon feet
• Gold-plated USB connector
• Seven-foot, lightweight, non-tangle cord
• Approximate size: 129mm (length) x 71mm (width) x 40mm (height)

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Windows® 2000 / XP / X64 / MCE 2005 / Vista / Vista64
Available USB port
CD-ROM Drive (for drivers)
At least 35MB of hard disk space (for drivers)

THE PRODUCT

Another new mouse from Razer for their beloved gamers, this time it’s Razer Lanchesis Muta (Muta - a: The largest pit viper in the world. b: Latin. Bring of silence death.) which comes in a sexy black box. As always, Razer Lachesis has extremely high DPI - 4000 (twice more as Razer Copperhead which has 2000dpi) and also 9 buttons (highest number of buttons on any Razer mice, such as Diamondback and Copperhead, is 7) and this time it comes in two colors, blue as always and white (which means by your choice you can have scroll button and Razer logo lightning or not by just clicking few times in Razer Lachesis Control Panel. When talking about design of Lachesis, it's slightly different from Razer Deathadder or IE 3.0 but it feels pretty same but I find Razer Boomslang pretty same as Lachesis which looks modern and will be comfortable for both left and right handers! Razeris again using the same killing skin as before with which your hand won't slip from mouse and you will be able to defeat enemy even with your hands wet.

Control Panel looks pretty much same as any other Razer’s mouse, but you can have 5 various profiles which means you can have different configuration for games, which is awesome! So you can have high sensitivity in RPG game and low sensitivity and different binds in FPS games etc. Control Panel is really easy and even if you don’t know a lot about computers you will find it easy to use and as you have 9 buttons you can handle pretty much everything you need in games as you can configure any of the buttons so you don’t really need to be smart to find formula for triumph.

Now, let’s jump into games for which this mouse was made for. Like always, I’m using several games to test this mouse, they are Quake IV, Counter-Strike, Call Of Duty 4 and World Of Warcraft. All the games I tried with several mouse pads too feel the real advantages of the mouse. Starting with my favorite – Counter-strike it took some time to find sensitivity but it was pretty interesting while playing to use middle buttons to lower and higher my DPI so in my position I was able to change sensitivity very fast and it made my game faster and better, as I was able to pick pretty much any shot which led to other players whining a lot. After a week I kept playing all these games and it was even more fun playing games after I found Razer Lachesis which made my gaming better, I even felt my aim becoming more precise and it’s really soft and your hand won’t get tired of working and gaming with Lachesis. I could find just one thing I disliked in Lachesis which was size of the mouse as I’m into bigger mice, also and the price of Lachesis which is quote expensive comparing to other mice in the market, but as we all know good stuff always costs a little bit more, so I can’t really call it a disadvantage. By the way, next review will be Razer Lycosa which is their newest keyboard in the market.

COMMENTS

"When I was first asked to put the Razer Lachesis through its paces, I was skeptical that this mouse would be as good as its astounding dpi rating suggests. After weeks of testing, however, I can truly and honestly report that it lives up to all the hype. This product is a big milestone in the history of gaming peripherals. Granted, its ergonomic design is very different from what we've seen so far, but the amazing technology built into the Razer Lachesis' extraordinary hull makes it, without question, the most complete mouse gamers will have the pleasure of using for some time to come." - Young Mo "enemy" Ahn, Counter-Strike 1.6, Lunatic-hai

"The Razer Lachesis is a one-of-a-kind product. When it comes to competitive gaming, you'll need to push the limits of fairness if you want to succeed. With the features available in the Razer Lachesis, I can do just that. Being able to switch between 32 dpi settings enables me to fine-tune the mouse to suit my playstyle immaculately, minimizing wrong movements and maximizing my in-game performance." - Beom Ho "mal" Choi, Counter-Strike 1.6, Lunatic-hai

"Although it took some getting used to after using the Razer Diamondback 3G, I found the Razer Lachesis to be the most accurate mouse I've ever used, especially at high sensitivity levels. I changed my style of play simply to suit this mouse and so far I haven't looked back." – Andrew "AND1" McGrath, CoD4, Sequential Gaming


"This thing just won't quit. No matter what game, no matter what sensitivity, it keeps pace like no other. The Razer Lachesis is my personal weapon of choice for professional gaming." – Robert "blackpanther" Tyndale, Counter-Strike 1.6, Team EG


"In the Lachesis, Razer has made something so flawless and custom-tailored to the needs of a gamer that to use it feels like cheating. However they did it, I can't get enough." - Jason "stryfe" Dourlaris, UT3, Team EG


"When I tried the Razer DeathAdder, I thought I had experienced the pinnacle of mousing. With the Lachesis, Razer has proved my assumption dead wrong. I hope they continue to prove me wrong, mouse after mouse." - Annie "Ecstacy" Leung, UT3, Team EG

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