Revoltec is a company based
in Germany, well known throughout Europe for their
line-up of many gaming and modding products. Revoltec
products are competitively priced, which is their
main selling point in today’s computer market.
Today we will have a look at a new series of Revoltec
products, input devices which are designed with
the gamer in mind. The Fightboard Advanced is
a keyboard designed to aid the hardcore FPS gamer,
while the Fightmouse Advanced is a high precision
gaming mouse with adjustable sensitivity. Revoltec
have also released three new mouse pads, which
we will also have a look at today.
Fightboard
Advanced
Technical
data:
• Dimensions: 495 x 200 x 28 mm (L x B x
H)
• Weight: 0.9 Kg
• Layout: 104 keys
• Hotkeys: 11
• Macro keys: 10 (20 with dual allocation)
• Connection: USB 2.0 (compatible with USB
1.1)
• Steel Grid Design
• Compatibility: Windows Vista / XP 64 /
XP / 2000
The
packaging of the Fightboard Advanced is quite
flashy, common for Revoltec products. At the top
of the package there is a window where you can
see and examine the keyboard. Inside the package
you will find the detachable palmrest, a good
manual, the software CD and a bag with a key removal
tool and arrow replacement keys for the QWERASD
keys of the keyboard.
The
first impression we got from the keyboard was
quite good. The keyboard looks good for a gamers’
desktop, without being overly flashy. Most of
the chassis is covered by a black and grey pattern,
which Revoltec dubs ‘Steel Grid’.
Our initial thought was that it looks almost like
carbon fiber, but we are not even close to the
day when computer keyboards will be made with
such exotic materials. The keyboard is a standard
design, full 104 keys keyboard.
At
the two sides of the keyboard, you will find 10
keys, 5 at each side. These are dubbed ‘Macro
keys’ and can store up to 20 key sequences
(like Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V and so on), mouse movements
or even text sequences. How can you access 20
commands with 10 keys? Simply by pressing the
FN button, located at the top right side of the
keyboard. Quite useful for move combinations after
you are used to them.
At
the top of the keyboard Revoltec placed the most
commonly used multimedia keys. Towards the left
side, there are two sound volume control keys,
while the sound mute key is at the right side,
next to the FN key. The keys at the middle are
mostly web browsing aid keys (back, forward, search,
mail, home) but the most interesting key is the
largest, middle key of the bunch. The middle key
locks the ‘Windows command’ keys located
between the Ctrl and Alt keys, which can destroy
a gaming experience if accidentally pressed, leaving
the gamer frustrated.
The
Fightboard Advanced software is very simple. It
is merely meant to provide functionality to the
Macro keys and program them. You can also store
a number of profiles, for different games and
windows OS usage for example, and load them before
entering the action.
