Speaking of Gigabyte, I believe everyone will think of its motherboards and graphics cards for the first time. However, now that the PC industry is sluggish, the simple card business may not be able to support a company. Therefore, it is not difficult to find that many manufacturers have introduced cross-border products. , Especially in the last year or two, everyone has been trying hard to get closer to e-sports and have to admit that e-sports has become one of the PC industry's life-saving straws. So seeing such veteran PC makers like Gigabyte as selling gaming peripherals Not surprising at all. However, Gigabyte's launch of the gaming mouse is no longer a matter of two days. There have been many products before, but the exposure rate is too low. As Gigabyte's first e-sports mouse, how can it be seen?
Regarding packaging, everyone will look at the map. The owner estimates that it is a model sold worldwide. In addition to the Chinese label on the back, the package does not see any Chinese characters. The box has a sealed label, however, the box is very thin and can be opened from the bottom without damage. The sealed label is useless.
In addition to the mouse, the box also comes with a black and white set of two foot stickers, although the attachment is less, but it is finally useful.
At first glance, the Gigabyte XM300 mouse looks very much like the Razer Mamba. The top cover of the mouse is a black matt UV paint. The two sides bite the flower scrub process, which preserves the delicate touch of the skin's coating while avoiding wear and casing. The problem of stickiness is regarded as the ideal shell material at present.
The integrated upper cover design of the XM300 compares the test of the left and right buttons. When the mouse is over for a period of time, the left key process is slightly longer than the right key, and the key feedback is quite crisp.
Saying that when I took out the mouse from the package, the first time it attracted me was actually the mouse's cable, which was much thinner and lighter than the average line. Although it was not soft, the mouse-to-mouse bondage could be almost as good as the mouse movement. Ignored, I think this is more worthy of recognition in the gaming mouse. I am personally disgusted with the thick and hard braided cable.
The comparison of the gaming mice launched by the two "unprofessional" motherboard manufacturers shows that the XM300's cable is obviously slimmer.
On the exterior design, the XM300 takes the mainstream of the popular route. The two shortcut keys on the left side are more in line with the general user's habits. Both sides have a bulging design. In particular, the front buttons can make it easier for users with short fingers to press. To. In addition, non-slip rubber strips have been added to the left and right positions of the mouse. However, this type of design is afraid that a long time will cause degumming. I hope this can be a durable point.
From this point of view, it can be clearly seen that the left and right buttons of the mouse use a concave design, where the fingers are not easily translated, so the pressing is still relatively stable.
The mouse wheel uses a tire-like texture. The rolling damping is not large, the scale sense is moderate, there is no noticeable noise in the scrolling, and the middle button down button is short and hard. It is worth mentioning that, in addition to the reinforcement of the mouse line, the use of a head-up design reduces the friction between the mouse line and the desktop. This has some credit for reducing the binding of the mouse line to the mouse.
The default function of the shortcut button below the scroll wheel is to increase/decrease the DPI. The buttons use a triangle-like shape. The two buttons are close but not easy to press by mistake, and this raised design can use the middle finger joint position after habit. To trigger.
In terms of mouse grip, the owner is 178cm tall. The palm of his hand feels fuller on the mouse. The thumb can easily control the two side keys. The back of the mouse has enough support for the palm, but if the mouse back is higher, I think it will be even more. Comfortable.
The XM300 is arguably more versatile, and it's easier to get started, grasp, and grasp, and it doesn't take much time to adapt.
In terms of weight, the weight without the line 102g is relatively light for the mouse of this size. If it is a long time playing games, the pressure of the light mouse on the wrist can obviously feel much smaller.
Dismantling
The surface of the mouse's bottom shell is also a biting flower scrub process. The new mouse's three feet are also affixed with a protective film and must be torn off before use. Subsequent dismantling requires the use of a hair dryer to carefully remove the nameplate and the lower two foot stickers, as the screws are hidden under the nameplate and foot stickers.
From the dismantled upper cover, you can see that the left and right buttons use the cross-shaped button column, and the white object on the palm position is the LED light-concentrating cover, which acts like a lamp cover of the desk lamp and focuses the LED light on the mouse LOGO. position.
The interior of the mouse is a two-layer PCB design. The upper and lower layers of the PCB are connected using cables. It's common to say that this kind of soft cable is inside the laptop, but it was the first time I saw it in the mouse.
From this point of view, the construction of the roller can be clearly seen. Although the roller is made of light-transmitting plastic, the position of the roller is not provided with the LED light, so the roller of the XM300 will not emit light.
Remove the entire PCB to clearly see the middle of the wheel and the two buttons below the wheel are patch touch switch, the key stroke is short, feel tough. Mouse control comes from the Texas Instruments M430F5510.
Interestingly, the left and right buttons of the XM300 are distributed on different PCBs. From the figure below, it can be seen that the main button uses 20 million compression-life OMRON D2FC-F-7N, while the two side buttons use the common TTC fretting. .
Turning over to see the optical engine from Pixart 3988, which is more common in gaming mice, up to 6400DPI.
Let's look at another PCB, which looks much cleaner, with only the right button, the lighting assembly, and the LED responsible for the LOGO lamp.
From the identification of the "D33006" on this small board, it was learned that the PCB came from Gigabyte's own factory instead of someone else's foundry.
Getting started
The XM300 has its own proprietary driver software. The main interface uses a similar nine-grid design. After clicking on it, there are further function modules.
The setup interface is mainly divided into three parts: light and key settings, macro commands, and other settings. In addition, there are five user configuration files.
The LOGO position of the XM300 supports RGB lighting effects. The default mode is color gradation, which can be changed to monochrome solid or breathing light in the software.
If you select monochrome or breathing light, you can set the brightness of the lamp and the breathing lamp's breathing frequency in addition to the 16.8 million colors.
Although there are 16.8 million kinds of colors available for RGB lighting effects, more than a dozen different kinds of actual effects are obvious, such as red, green, blue, yellow, purple and black.
In addition to lights, the XM300 can assign new functions to all keys in the software. This includes pre-set common applications and keyboard key mappings. It also supports assigning keys to corresponding macro settings.
The macro can be set to 50 groups, but unfortunately the XM300 driver does not have a Chinese language display. If the previous settings can also be masked and come to this place where the function is more complicated, I feel that my level of English is no longer sufficient. I need to spend More time to explore clearly.
Finally, there are other setup features, including DPI settings, scroll wheel speed settings, and frequency of return, etc. Online upgrades of the mouse firmware and driver software updates can be found here.
Under the default setting, XM300 is at least 800DPI and up to 3200DPI. The X and Y axes support independent adjustment. The scale is 50DPI. If you want to use 6400DPI, you need to set it manually. After saving, you can directly switch through the shortcut keys.
Do not know in the front of the box and the dismantling of everyone did not notice the LED lights below the left button, yes, through this indicator can quickly understand the current DPI without opening the driver software, this design decoration (forced ) The effect is good, but it is a pity that the light cannot be synchronized with the back light.
The default 1000Hz return frequency is still quite useful for gaming mice and is smooth and delicate in the MouseTest test.
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Version summary:
As Gigabyte's first gaming mouse, the XM300 uses a much more elegant design to take care of most users. The mouse ergonomic design provides a better feel and can be taken care of for different postures of the mouse. I appreciate the design of the price, when I play the game almost feel the presence of the mouse line, RGB lighting effect and DPI lamp design will undoubtedly greatly help to force the grid to enhance, but the RGB light does not spread to the wheel is a little pity, As for the driver, the function is rich enough, the UI interface is set reasonably, but the lack of Chinese display is an obstacle for many users. In terms of performance, the formal hardware configuration is sufficient but it is a bit high for the pricing of 399, and finally The slightly thinner and cheaper package should be able to do a little better.
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advantage:
1, the mouse feels good, all kinds of posture can play cool;
2, the mouse line is very thin, basically do not feel the shackles of the mouse line;
3. Although RGB is bad, it is better than nothing.
insufficient:
1, English-driven, feature-rich (in fact, this is an advantage, only to blame the English teacher is too beautiful), poor English needs to spend some time to explore;
2, since the RGB lighting effect, but the roller can not shine, I feel a bit to the throat less than the lung;
3, the price should be more to the point, especially slightly thin and cheap packaging is a bit sorry 399 price.