SteelSeries Announce 7G Gaming Keyboard, gameSlave

Tuesday, November 13 2007

SteelSeries Announce 7G Gaming Keyboard by Craig D at 16:16

SteelSeries today announced the 7G Professional Gaming Keyboard, this puppy looks cool, but perhaps the price will put everyone but these that absolutely must have the best off. $150 Dollars US is not your normally priced keyboard, but then this is no normal keyboard.

Copenhagen, Denmark - November 13th, 2007 -- SteelSeries, a leading manufacturer of innovative professional gaming gear, today announced the debut of the new 7G keyboard, the latest addition to the company's growing portfolio of gaming peripherals. The SteelSeries 7G is a professional gaming keyboard aimed exclusively at professional and competitive gamers.

The SteelSeries 7G sets a new industry standard for gaming keyboards by allowing users to perform a new level of detailed and advanced key combinations. By utilizing the most powerful PS/2 buffer-system ever created for a gaming keyboard, the 7G redefines "anti-ghosting" by supporting as many simultaneous key press commands as there are keys on the keyboard. The keyboard features both PS/2 and USB connectors.

The combination of the powerful PS/2 buffer-system and 18K gold-plated mechanical switches, means that the SteelSeries 7G offers more Actions-Per-Minute than any other keyboard in the world. The keyboard was built specifically to offer gaming grade response times as well as an unmatched durability with a switch lifetime of 50 million operations.

The SteelSeries 7G keyboard is equipped with audio ports for headphone-out and microphone-in and features two port USB hub. In addition, the keyboard offers essential gaming features such as the compact SteelSeries Media Controls, which allows the user quick access to volume, mute and other audio controls.

"Somewhere the industry took a wrong turn when it came to gaming peripherals. It became more important to add colorful lighting and features that have no impact on professional gaming, than to create high quality products, " says Tino Soelberg, Head of R&D for SteelSeries. "With the 7G keyboard, SteelSeries is following our company line of no-BS / no-nonsense, and to deliver a product that does what it's supposed to do - help players perform better and faster in-game".

"SteelSeries 7G was designed for players competing in the traditional eSports platforms, such as Counter-Strike, Warcraft III:TFT, World of Warcraft and many others," says Jonas "Johnny R" Bollack, SteelSeries development team. "A keyboard has to help the player communicate with his computer by being responsive, durable, reliable and comfortable to use. SteelSeries 7G does just that."

All keys are operated at 60g, with a travel time of roughly 50% compared to standard keyboards, making the SteelSeries 7G ideal for long gaming sessions. The mechanical tactile system is ergonomically designed to ensure ease-of-use, and the no-click switches makes the SteelSeries 7G both comfortable and pleasant to use.

The new SteelSeries 7G will be released in early December at an MRSP of $149.99 USD.

Here's a set of 7G Professional Gaming Keyboard product images.

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Comments
Spitfire Posts: 921 Rank:	13 November 2007 16:52
	I think you would have to be a mug to spend this kind of money upon a keyboard which does not even give you easy access to macro keys like the Logitech G11 (which only costs £46 ).
Felon Posts: 2346 Rank:	13 November 2007 16:53
	lmfao,looks like a basic Dell keyboard on a rubber mat.
Mani Posts: 6957 Rank:	13 November 2007 16:53
	until you've used it, it's hard to tell
chowding Posts: 86 Rank:	13 November 2007 17:46
	doesnt look amazing, but when reading the stuff about it, it sounds quite cool, though a tad expensive for me
shagnastie Posts: 1851 Rank:	13 November 2007 20:32
	the last time I spent more than £30 on a keyboard type thing I brought one of those short cut things where you change the insides for different games. and its just arrows and pictures of weapons. I believe I brought it for tomb raider and never ever used it more than once - When I do eventually get round to buying a keyboard it will no doubt be a G15 Logitech
Mani Posts: 6957 Rank:	13 November 2007 20:39
	well, frankly I'd love one of these. Even if just for the headphone sockets, seriously save arsing about if you move your kit around alot.
Abstract Posts: 753 Rank:	13 November 2007 22:38
	I would of definitely got one of these if i hadn't just already bought a new keyboard. The logitech G-15 and razer tarantula i wanted to get were too big to fit on my desk and/or didn't have USB ports, etc. like this Steel Series. Nice simple small tidy looking keyboard.
Scrappy Posts: 1185 Rank:	14 November 2007 08:44
	Stick with the G15 thx. Love having the display on it, and it DOES have USB ports on it. Also macro buttons and media controls = win.
Scrappy Posts: 1185 Rank:	14 November 2007 08:44
	Let's not forget the blue light, cause blue lights do matter!
Abstract Posts: 753 Rank:	14 November 2007 09:19
	Maybe i should of got the G15 then. I got the saitek eclipse II thinking it'd do the job but you can't push more then 3-4 keys down at once. If you're trying to walk while looking at the scoreboard on CS it won't let you.
ralinn Posts: 1971 Rank:	14 November 2007 13:41
	Nice to see a normal looking gaming keyboard. Normally gaming keyboards come with some really weird ass designs sacrificing comfort for 'coolness'. I'd rather it look normal with some cool features.
eNTi Posts: 3 Rank:	15 November 2007 02:19
	this seems utterly expesive and nothing else...

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