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SideWinder X3 Video Review

A look at the Sidewinder X3.

Microsoft Sidewinder X3

Microsoft Sidewinder X3 is one of the only gaming mouse, with a symmetrical design that is suitable for both left and right handers.

The left and right buttons are responsive, and there are two buttons on each side of the mouse, used as forward and backward in a Web browser. For games, they are a little too high on the chassis to be useful.

We found the scroll wheel is a little too free-moving, which often resulted in us cycling past the weapon that we wanted to select when playing shooters to the first one.

Three buttons with LED full sit just below the scroll wheel and allow quick adjustment of the sensitivity of the mouse, it is customizable using the included IntelliPoint software and that each can be adjusted between 200dpi and 2000dpi. It makes it easy to select the right sensitivity for the game right.

Microsoft Sidewinder X4 Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghosts

Do you feel the need to be able to press 26 keys at once and have all the unique keys stored in your PC? So you want to study the new Microsoft Sidewinder keyboard X4.

With some anti-ghosting Intelligent Technology The X4 is to claim to press 26 keys at once. While the chances of you ever wanting to press many keys at the same time are extremely low (it would be a helluva special move), it is an important selling point in the crowded market gaming keyboard.

Copying the look of the keyboard prior Microsoft Sidewinder X6, the X4 also has six programmable macro keys (with three modes each for a total of macros eighteen) and you can record macros without leaving your party. There is automatic switching of the key patterns that can be enabled for individual games, and three different types of keyboards (standard and two game modes), Adjustable backlight on keys and multimedia controls.

As the macro keys there is a new macro function automatically repeat that lets you repeat a macro several times with a single key.