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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Top Gaming Keyboards...by Paul Raker

Well-equipped gaming keyboards help players play games in faster and smarter ways. Since keyboards vary vividly in their design and function, it is quite tough to compare them. It requires a good analysis of the characteristics of each of the keyboards to arrive at a solution of listing some of the top gaming keyboards.

Top 5 Keyboards for Gaming

1. Optimux Maximus - Usually exceeding the budget of most gamers, Optimus Maximus 01 is the most innovative and most expensive keyboard in the market. With an option of changing keys to a variety of different setups and fully customizable colored OLED display, it is the wave of the future. It provides the advantage of switching between QWERTY and gaming display.

2. Razer Lycosa Mirror - With a high gloss mirror finish, the Razer Lycosa Mirror is definitely one of the best names in gaming peripherals, tailored for the gamer's needs. A wide array of macro capabilities and fully programmable hyper-response keys ensure reprogramming of keys using advanced software. It serves as the ultimate macro keyboard for gaming.

3. Merc Stealth - An illuminated keyboard with a user-friendly hybrid design it offers blue, red and purple colors for the backlighting. Rubberized keys, 125 pre-defined mapping layouts and other macro features make Merc Stealth an ideal gaming keyboard.

4. Razer Tarantula - Known for having extremely comfortable keys, Razer Tarantula is one of the most elegant keyboards in the market. The keyboard comes with 32KB of onboard memory and includes 10 programmable hotkeys as well as two USB ports. It has a wickedly fast response time.

5. Microsoft Sidewinder X6 - With 30 programmable keys and dual color backlighting, the keyboard provides the most unusual facility to detach and fit the Keypad on either side of the keyboard. It also facilitates mode switching with one button, convenient for transition from a regular keyboard to a gaming keyboard.

Gaming Keyboards with special features help gamers to fight the best battles no matter what game it comes to, thus the search for a perfect gaming keyboard continues.

Paul has been writing on just about everything since the 4th grade. But you can check out his latest reviews of the best gaming keyboard on the market, the Logitech G15 here.

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