Razer Viper V3 Hyperspeed

[pzogel]

Weighing 80 g with the included AA-battery, the ambidextrous Viper V3 Hyperspeed not only debuts a revised shape, but also comes with Razer's Focus Pro 30K sensor, second-gen Razer mechanical switches, and up to 280 hours of battery life, along with support for true 8000 Hz wireless polling through the HyperPolling Wireless Dongle.

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[Onasi]

Interesting how they went with the battery driven approach on this one. Good for longevity and serviceability, but due to a higher weight seems like a step back in terms of performance. I suppose there will be a Pro version with an integrated battery at around 60 grams? And maybe even a wired one? Like, the shape is good, I think it’s an improvement over previous Viper shape, but 80 grams is a bit weird on a high end wireless mouse in almost 2024.

 

[sethmatrix7]

Really great review, and this mouse looks like a really solid deal.

My concern would be the wire. I'd only use this mouse wired as 80g wireless is heavier than I want- but 57g wired would be good. I have to assume "Cable:n/a" means it doesn't come with a cable- so I'd have to buy a cable for it, and I don't see many cables out there that are comparable to say a glorious wireless mouse cable.

 

[Onasi]

Really great review, and this mouse looks like a really solid deal.

My concern would be the wire. I'd only use this mouse wired as 80g wireless is heavier than I want- but 57g wired would be good. I have to assume "Cable:n/a" means it doesn't come with a cable- so I'd have to buy a cable for it, and I don't see many cables out there that are comparable to say a glorious wireless mouse cable.

It doesn’t have a port to plug a cable into in the first place, so no, using it as a wired mouse is not an option.

 

[Chrispy_]

It's a $70 AA-battery 5-button gaming mouse with nothing unexpected but also nothing to justify why it's so much more expensive than the $30 Logitech G305 or the $25 SteelSeries Rival 3. I can only hope it's one of those ridiculously-high MSRPs that exists to look like it's always on sale at a vast discount, and will be half price almost everywhere in under a month of launch...

As if the horrid price wasn't bad enough, you're forced to suffer Synapse, as always....

 

[Pierre Cyr]

The G305 has a nasty habit of putting out a squeeling noise through the speakers. Only use it for gaming and I switch to a G325 for desktop to stop that racket. If this one was found to be interference free Id look to trade up to it.

 

[Chrispy_]

The G305 has a nasty habit of putting out a squeeling noise through the speakers. Only use it for gaming and I switch to a G325 for desktop to stop that racket. If this one was found to be interference free Id look to trade up to it.

Standard onboard audio nonsense. It'll be a specific combination of hardware unique to your PSU, graphics card, motherboard, case, and to some extent, mains wiring circuit.

First thing to do is to use an external DAC and get the audio converted to digital outside your PC, especially if you use a discrete graphics card, since the VRMs and inductors on a graphics card are usually RIGHT on top of the DAC for onboard audio in your PC. Often there are only a few milimeters of air gap between the single worse source of interference in your PC, and the generation of EMI-susceptible analogue audio voltages.

Amazon.com, $3.49 if you don't have one in your monitor already.

 

[cellar door]

Editor's choice? With a replaceable AA .... nah

 

[Night]

I have to admit Synapse is a load of rosource heavy bloatware. Disabled it for Startup few months ago. Don't know if that's the case with Razer only, or what?

 

[Onasi]

I have to admit Synapse is a load of rosource heavy bloatware. Disabled it for Startup few months ago. Don't know if that's the case with Razer only, or what?

Some peripheral software suites are better than others, but the point remains that there is no REASON for them to even be an installed huge app. They can easily be lean portable .exes or hell, even just a browser web page like Wooting does. And if a mouse is wired and has no silly RGB you can easily bake all the necessary settings into firmware so that one can set it up without software at all, like Zowie. Razer and Asus are particularly bad with their software though.

 

[Night]

Some peripheral software suites are better than others, but the point remains that there is no REASON for them to even be an installed huge app. They can easily be lean portable .exes or hell, even just a browser web page like Wooting does. And if a mouse is wired and has no silly RGB you can easily bake all the necessary settings into firmware so that one can set it up without software at all, like Zowie. Razer and Asus are particularly bad with their software though.

True, only reason I have it installed on my system is to set RGB sync with the keyboard if necessary.