Performance

After living with the G710+ for a while I could finally really talk about its performance. When I saw that the G710+ had brown key switches I was very excited, everyone has a different preference for key switches and brown is mine. Having said that I really enjoyed using the G710+ as a day to day keyboard. The brown switches give you a nice tactical feel while not completely driving my wife crazy when she is in the room with me. Logitech also installed silencers on the G710+ as well, so how did they help out? If you are a gentle typer they really won’t be noticeable, the same goes for someone who really slams their fingers down. But for the average user, you will notice a big difference with the silencers. They will quiet down the click sound of your key bottoming out. This actually made the G710+ one of the quietest mechanical keyboards I own.

The white backlighting is classy and will go with any computer, there is no need to try pick out a keyboard that is going to match your rig this time around. I was hoping we would see a full color spectrum from Logitech like their recent G series keyboard, but I’m not even sure it’s possible on a mechanical keyboard. The lighting buttons on the top section of the G710+ let you flip through different brightness’s for two different zones. The first zone is WASD and the arrow keys and the second zone is the rest of the keyboard. MOBA fan’s might take offence to the lack of a QWER zone as well, but what can you do. When the backlighting is turned up the G710+ is extremely bright, you really only have to have it turned part of the way up to be effective.

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Last but not least, how did it perform in game? Being a G series keyboard it did support Logitech’s amazing software.  You have the ability to rebind any of your macro keys in the software as well as on the fly using the MR button. I also want to point out that Logitech’s software works with their entire gaming lineup; this means you will only need to install one program to adjust your mouse, keyboard, G13, and headset. With everything setup, I spent far too much time gaming and calling it work just to play with the G710+ in game. I did slightly miss the LCD screen that the G15 was known for, but even without it I enjoyed using the G710+. They gave me the perfect number of macro keys along with the ability to adjust my volume and flip through my background music while still in game.

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garfi3ld's Avatar
garfi3ld replied the topic: #30097 22 Mar 2013 18:31
I take a look at the Logitech G710+, Logitech's first Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
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Dreyvas replied the topic: #30098 22 Mar 2013 18:53
Well, looks like I found my next keyboard. :)
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h4lt replied the topic: #30100 22 Mar 2013 22:08
One of the main featured that I don't like about my Razor BlackWidow is the lack of a dedicated Volume control and mute button. They all require a function key press. This will probably be my next keyboard purchase as well. It's even LanOC colors!!!
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Dreyvas replied the topic: #30101 22 Mar 2013 22:30

h4lt wrote: One of the main featured that I don't like about my Razor BlackWidow is the lack of a dedicated Volume control and mute button. They all require a function key press. This will probably be my next keyboard purchase as well. It's even LanOC colors!!!


My thoughts exactly. This might actually be the first mechanical I've seen with dedicated media control buttons.
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Myndmelt replied the topic: #30105 23 Mar 2013 03:10
It looks great and would fit in with my Stryker really well. But for 150 bucks I would have like see an LCD screen on it.

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