Software

You can download the REVEL Gaming Software from the official website. Once launched, the software runs in a single window and minimizes to the system tray. At first glance, you can see that it's quite goofy-looking, especially with a render picture of the standard REVEL in the middle. Fear not as this picture makes some sense since the software works with the REVEL and REVEL Fit, though I don't know why there is no built-in product recognition to at least make this picture change.

There are three main tabs on top; the default tab is called "Key" and contains all the button-mapping options, including the macro editor. Moving on to the Performance tab, it's quite self-explanatory, and there aren't many options. This tab has the CPI and polling-rate settings, as well as the Windows options. There is a slider called "Acceleration Setting", but it doesn't set acceleration values and is actually the Windows sensitivity slider. The Light tab is for the lighting settings; more on that in the lighting section of the review. There are a total of four different profiles that can be accessed at the bottom of the window. You can also link each profile to programs.

The software consumes around 10 MB of memory while running in the background, and takes up less than 11 MB disk space in my configuration. Once you set everything up, you can simply uninstall it if you don't want it installed because the mouse has on-board memory. Overall, the software could use some minor tweaking and maybe a design re-touch, but that's a matter of personal taste.

Lighting

The rear Nixeus logo and a small stripe near the bottom plate have RGB lighting, but there aren't many lighting options, which is something I am absolutely fine with. There is static lighting and a breathing effect, all in single colors, according to the set CPI value. The colors are vivid, and the breathing looks good in my opinion.

I made a video in order to demonstrate these lighting effects: