Software

The T.G.A. Wired comes with its own lightweight software. All options are accessible through four different tabs. The first page allows for button remapping to mouse, keyboard, media, and macro functions. The second page houses CPI adjustment settings for up to seven levels and a range of 50 to 16,000 CPI in increments of 50, and independently for x and y-sensitivity. The third page concerns illumination and is detailed below. The fourth page has the usual Windows pointer settings, lift-off distance (low/high), and debounce time (2–20, increments of 2), which effectively determines click latency—lower values will result in lower latency, but higher risk of double-clicking. Further options include angle snapping (on/off), ripple control (on/off), which lessens jitter at the cost of higher motion delay at higher CPI steps, and angle adjustment, which allows one to modify the sensor angle to compensate for an angled grip. Polling rate is controlled through a slider located on the bottom of the mouse. Lastly, a macro editor and profile management are included as well. When applied, all settings are saved to the on-board memory, so the software does not need to be running (or be installed) all the time. On my system, the software had a RAM footprint of 16 MB on average when running in the foreground, which doesn't change when minimized to the system tray. Upon exiting the application, all processes are terminated, as they should be.

Lighting

The T.G.A. Wired has three physical lighting zones, which are the scroll wheel, LED strip at the back, and logo, the latter of which won't be visible when using the solid shell cover, as seen (or rather not seen) in the video below. Nine pre-defined lighting effects are available: Prismo, Breathe, Steady, Neon, Tail, Colorfull (sic) Tail, Stream, Reaction, and Heart. Colors, transition speed, and brightness can be further customized. Of course, the lighting can also be disabled altogether.

Color accuracy and vibrancy are very good throughout. That said, I did notice the scroll-wheel LED being off-center. Here's a short demonstration video in which I go through the Prismo, Neon, and Colorfull (sic) Tail lighting effects: