Saturday, September 28th 2024
Razer Synapse 4 Brings a New User Interface and Up to 30% Performance Boost
Since its inception, Razer Synapse has been designed with the goal of empowering gamers and elevating their experience; with core functions like key remapping and macro creation, Synapse enables users to create personally tailored setups to make Razer peripherals truly their own. For years, Synapse has been constantly innovating to meet evolving user needs. And now, as the Vice President of Software at Razer, it is with great pleasure and excitement that I am able to announce the official full rollout of Razer Synapse 4.
What's new with Synapse 4
In this latest evolution, after nearly a year of intensive beta testing, Synapse 4 has redefined performance and usability, ensuring that all users will be able to enjoy a more reliable and intuitive experience on the platform.
Our new multi-threaded architecture in Synapse 4 boasts a 30% performance boost, granting users greater efficiency when performing popular tasks like macro creation, settings configuration, and driver installations. This new architecture also enhances system stability by compartmentalizing each device, so installing or updating one device will not disrupt other devices in use.
We have also taken significant strides in improving the experience: the user interface (UI) of Synapse 4 is completely rewritten and further refined with tons of beta testing and feedback. I am happy to say that Synapse 4 is easier to navigate and more user-friendly; in addition to the new modernized look, we added more floating tips and tools to provide more context to menu options. With fewer clicks and more on-screen information, Synapse 4's new UI will help users get their tasks done more efficiently.
The advanced features for mice customization that users love from Synapse 3 is also carried over to Synapse 4. Some of these options include:
Backwards compatibility
To provide continuity, we have ensured that Synapse 4 is backwards compatible with Synapse 3 in both features and device support. Today, Synapse 4 supports over 230 Synapse 3 devices and their features.
Thank You Beta-Testers!
Synapse 4 represents a leap forward in providing gamers with unparalleled control and customization, delivering exceptional breakthrough experiences by listening to our community. At Razer, we are constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible in gaming technology—but this could not have been possible without our 1.2 million beta testers. Your contributions have been instrumental in helping us to optimize Synapse 4 across a myriad of hardware and software environments. I would like to extend a heartfelt "thank you" to everyone involved in making this release a reality.
As always, we'll continue to improve Synapse 4 even more going forward. Users can continue providing suggestions using the "feedback" button inside the Synapse app. Your invaluable input guides our team in continually improving, innovating, and delivering the best possible experience for all gamers.
Synapse 4 is truly a testament to what we can achieve together. On behalf of the entire Razer team, thank you for being part of this, and we look forward to continuing this journey with our dedicated community. GG and play hard!
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What's new with Synapse 4
In this latest evolution, after nearly a year of intensive beta testing, Synapse 4 has redefined performance and usability, ensuring that all users will be able to enjoy a more reliable and intuitive experience on the platform.
We have also taken significant strides in improving the experience: the user interface (UI) of Synapse 4 is completely rewritten and further refined with tons of beta testing and feedback. I am happy to say that Synapse 4 is easier to navigate and more user-friendly; in addition to the new modernized look, we added more floating tips and tools to provide more context to menu options. With fewer clicks and more on-screen information, Synapse 4's new UI will help users get their tasks done more efficiently.
The advanced features for mice customization that users love from Synapse 3 is also carried over to Synapse 4. Some of these options include:
- 1 DPI Steps Adjustments: Achieve pixel-perfect sensitivity with single DPI step increments.
- Sensitivity Matcher Calibration: Accurately port over DPI settings across Razer mice.
- Enhanced Asymmetric Cut-Off: Adjust mice lift-off and landing distances with greater accuracy.
Backwards compatibility
To provide continuity, we have ensured that Synapse 4 is backwards compatible with Synapse 3 in both features and device support. Today, Synapse 4 supports over 230 Synapse 3 devices and their features.
- Highly popular features from Synapse 3 are still available on Synapse 4, such as:
- Razer Hypershift: Allow a single button to temporarily unlock an additional set of functions on top of existing button assignments.
- Rapid Trigger: Perform rapid keystrokes with less effort.
- Advanced Macros: Execute complex button presses with a single click.
Thank You Beta-Testers!
Synapse 4 represents a leap forward in providing gamers with unparalleled control and customization, delivering exceptional breakthrough experiences by listening to our community. At Razer, we are constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible in gaming technology—but this could not have been possible without our 1.2 million beta testers. Your contributions have been instrumental in helping us to optimize Synapse 4 across a myriad of hardware and software environments. I would like to extend a heartfelt "thank you" to everyone involved in making this release a reality.
As always, we'll continue to improve Synapse 4 even more going forward. Users can continue providing suggestions using the "feedback" button inside the Synapse app. Your invaluable input guides our team in continually improving, innovating, and delivering the best possible experience for all gamers.
Synapse 4 is truly a testament to what we can achieve together. On behalf of the entire Razer team, thank you for being part of this, and we look forward to continuing this journey with our dedicated community. GG and play hard!
38 Comments on Razer Synapse 4 Brings a New User Interface and Up to 30% Performance Boost
Did I get that right?
If it's not 100% reliable, it's a disgrace.
If it's slow enough to measure the speed of it, it's a disgrace.
Haven't sold me, all the pertinent information that's supposed to be displayed is still truncated on their two provided screenshots, and it's not for lack of room. They can't even be arsed to bring two examples of their software doing a proper job.
S4 - Lets goooo!
Also no gnu linux support. Saved me a lot of money. Those cheaper Sharkoon / E-Blue and other no name brand mice are more durable.
Long time ago my razer mouse could store the settings and I could use it for a long time without any windows or gnu linux software. There was even unoffical gnu linux software for it. Other brands have hardware buttons to change DPI resolutions for mice.
Nowadays if you want to have the frigging volume knob working you have a 500MB program always on in your memory it's absolutely insane.
By the way, does anyone remember when Razer offered you to use your PC for mining and offered unattainable goals in return? ; )
I didn't learn my lesson and bought another Razer mouse to replace the Viper Mini. Synapse wouldn't detect the new mouse, which is a pretty common problem apparently. Had to uninstall Synapse and it refused to reinstall again (at least this time I knew how to work around)... I've left it installed because now I can't remember what the issue was and don't feel like going through all that again.
I would buy the mice again if it weren't for the software.
This seems fairly normal wear and tear.
When problems persisted I opted to remove the software again and whatever crap was still in the registry was still causing other problems the software gave me. So, I scrubbed the registry again and never put that crappy software back on my computer. By that time the warranty had expired on my mouse a few days before the complete failure of the MMB and even though I was just 4, maybe 5 days, past warranty Razer told me to F off (not in those words) because I was out of warranty there was nothing they would do. Even though I had 4 different tickets opened with them for the mouse over the 2 years I owned it, clearly showing I had many issues with it, they didn't give a shit and even try to extend a sign of gratitude for the awful hardware and software experiences I had been having and allow a few days grace period.
Screw Razer. Any experiences I had with them had all been awful across their whole spectrum of service: customer service, hardware and software.
As always, Razzerio just figures that since most folks have pretty fast cpu's, lots of storage space, and 16GB+ of ram, it's OK to just keep adding more & more crap to their crapwarez, and think that nobody would notice....
And then they have the gall to come out with this "performance boost" nonsense :(
Hello Razzerio, maybe you should FIRST try building something that:
A) Doesn't cause repeated BSOD's/crash your entire system
B) Doesn't need so many system resources just to enable basic functions
C) Doesn't cause repeated BSOD's/crash your entire system
Oh yea, and also: Doesn't need so many system resources just to enable basic functions
THEN maybe you could work on real world, actual "performance boosts" by improving your garbaggio hardware :D
Cheaper PUs are just built up out of several super thin layers of composites glued together, the PU layer is too thin, and they just fall apart/dry out and then it breaks, or the glue between the layers doesn't hold and you get air bubbles under it and it then breaks, too. Did you know most of the stuff that comes off it then is carcinogenic, too? And a source of microplastics?
Awesome stuff that we consider 'a norm' these days. Also seen a lot in 'gamer' chairs, IKEA office chairs, etc.
Razer truly has your best interests at heart.