The Razer Naga Epic Chroma
Review – PC
Impressive or terrifying. Razer’s new gaming mouse can be both, depending on who you ask. The reason is that the mouse is large and has twelve buttons on the thumb.
One thing is for sure, it takes some time to get used to the Razer Naga Epic Chroma – especially on the twelve thumb buttons. Since Naga Epic Chroma is large in comparison with many other mice, it also takes a while to get used to the size.
The size was nevertheless quite quickly getting used to, and after a while the mouse felt pretty comfortable to use. It did, however longer before I learned to quickly access and press the right button. Since there are twelve thumb buttons so it can be difficult to remember which button does what. There, the Razer supposed to. They have created a grid on the screen while playing. It describes the functions connected to the buttons. You can change the transparency of windows, which is great.
But what should we use all these buttons for? You who plays very MMOs have enough good handle on that extra buttons really do not hurt. MMO – Massively Multiplayer Online – are Internet games with many many simultaneous players. Most common in MMO’s probably MMORPG where the RPG stands for Role Playing Game (role playing game).
You can, for example, allowing each button to get its own spell (spell). That way you can quickly throw the right spell at the right moment. Speed is of course sometimes a virtue in MMORPG and buttons can really speed this up.
Now there is much talk about MMOs. The mouse’s meant for this particular genre, but besides MMO, I found the benefit of the mouse during enspelarkampanjer in the role play. Incidentally, I do not think the mouse is especially useful in other game genres. You can also use the Naga Epic Chroma for various applications. Although profits may not be as obvious as it can add various macros from word, image and video processing on the keys. Though, it is as well to point out that – Naga Epic Chroma is primarily a mouse for MMO enthusiasts.
Design-wise differs Razer Naga Epic Chroma sharply apart from other mice. It is mainly the twelve thumb buttons that allow the mouse is great and gets an odd look. The mouse looks very clumsy, but is nevertheless quite comfortable to use. I have not tested the predecessor to Naga Epic Chroma. Therefore, I was skeptical of the twelve keys because I thought they would be difficult to reach. However, I was surprised that they actually are fairly easy to achieve, even if it initially felt strange with so many buttons. The buttons are relatively large and positioned in such a way that they are fairly easy to reach.
In addition to the twelve thumb buttons are six additional buttons – the two standard keys, mouse wheel, which has buttons in three directions, and two buttons behind the mouse wheel. They work all really good and you can change the function of all the buttons in this handy program Synapse 2.0.
That said all buttons can be equipped with various features. Among other things, you can create macros and connecting them to the various buttons. It is easy to record a macro where your hubby in the game, for example, throws a certain spell. Then connect the macro to certain button and in this way to get quick access to the macro, and thus the spell in question.
Synapse 2.0 is a very comprehensive software that controls the mouse drivers. With its help you can change the mouse sensitivity up to 8200 DPI. I myself have never had the advantage of quite as high DPI, but there are certainly gamers who have it, especially if they have a big screen. With Synapse you control even the light that flows from the mouse. You have millions of colors to choose from and you can let the light change color or constant light of a particular color.
A good feature of the Naga Epic Chroma is that you can use either wireless or wired. I have not noticed any performance degradation when the mouse is wireless as compared to when the cord has been plugged. Therefore, I really prefer the wireless mode. A good feature is that if the battery runs low, simply plug in the cord. Then the mouse not only the power but the charged simultaneously. It even comes with an external charger which sets the mouse when not in use. The battery lasts a long time so it’s not too tightly between charges (20 hours according to the specifications).
Naga Epic Chroma from Razer is really a hit for all MMO players. The many buttons facilitate gambling much. The mouse’s precision is also good, but even though I think it is somewhat clumsy as it is pretty good in my right hand. In games where all the buttons are not needed, however, Naga Epic Chroma not my first choice, but where I prefer a smaller, leaner mouse.
Product Features
• 19 MMO-optimized programmable buttons
• mechanical thumb buttons 12
• Scroll wheel with tilt and click function
• 4G laser sensor with a resolution of 8200 DPI
• Wireless technology adapted for gaming
• Chromaljus with 16.8 million customizable color options
• Razer Synapse-enabled
• 1000 Hz reading
• 200 inches per second / 50 G acceleration
• Quiet musfötter with Zero-acoustic Ultraslick technology
• 2.13m lightweight, braided fiber cable
• Approximate size: 119mm (depth) x 75 mm (width) x 43mm (height)
• Approximate weight: 150g
System
• PC or Mac with a free USB port
• Windows® 8 / Windows® 7 / Windows Vista® / Windows® XP (32-bit) / Mac OS X (10.7 – 10.9)
• In-game configurator support is Compatible with Windows® 8 / Windows® 7 / Windows Vista® only
• Internet connection
• 100 MB of free hard disk space
• Razer Synapse Registration (requiring a valid e-mail), software download, license acceptance, and internet connections needed to activate the full features of product and for software updates. After activation, full features are available in optional offline mode.