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Published: Jan 23, 2010 Author: Niko Lupala Editor: Amber Lupala Provider: Steelseries Share this article:

Introduction

Today we are taking a look at a mouse from Steelseries, they sent us their latest gaming mouse named Xai. This mouse comes equipped with a small display on the bottom and it is also conveniently made for lboth eft and right handed users. A quick first look at the software shows an array of various features to play around with if you are a gamer or normal user. Lets take a look at this mouse to see what kind of performance we should expect.

About Steelseries:

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Specifications:

- Frames per second: 12.000

- Inches per second: 150+

- Megapixels per second: 10.8

- Counts per inch: 100 - 5.001 (one CPI Steps)

- Max. Acceleration: 30 G

- Sensor data path: True 16 bit

- Lift distance: ~1mm (auto-adjusting)

- Buttons: 8

- Cord: 2 m / 6,5 ft (braided to improve durability)

- Polling: 125 - 1000 Hz (1Hz increments)

- Gold-plated USB connector

- Measurements: 125,5 x 68,3 x 38,7 mm / 4,94 x 2,69 x 1,52 in

- CPI high/low indicator

- SteelSeries FreeMove Technology

- SteelSeries ExactSens Technology

- SteelSeries ExactRate Technology

- SteelSeries ExactAim Technology

- On mouse acceleration Technology

- On mouse LCD display for tweaking above technologies thru menu system

- Large pressure points that reduce friction for optimized glide

- Driverless, plug-and-play feature for LAN gamers

- Built-in memory for 5 profiles

- Operating systems: Win 2000/XP/Vista/7 / Mac OSX

*Configuration software only available for Windows operating systems
 

The Product:

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The Xai comes packed in a nice black and orange box with a plastic cover over the mouse so you can get a feeling of how the mouse feels before buying it. On the front they have listed some main features and on the back you will find even more information.

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The mouse is shaped so it can be used by both left and right handed users, it's quite big so it will also fit perfect in a bigger hand. The cord is sleeved which protects the cable very well vs both kids and animals,,,  and if you happen to roll over it with the chair!