Does your gaming mouse track its own position 8,000 times per second?
If you’re the kind of person who cares, I suspect you might also want that mouse to track that fast out of the box — instead of having to buy an extra dongle for that feature.
That’s the most obvious difference Razer is announcing today with its flagship Viper V3 Pro mouse for esports pros and those who aspire to be one.
For $160, the new Viper V3 Pro includes the $30 Razer HyperPolling Wireless Dongle, where the $150 Viper V2 Pro did not.
Mind you, the 58-gram Viper V2 Pro was already an impressive piece of kit, taking the crown for the lightest wireless gaming mouse at its debut, and the V3 Pro now sheds an extra four grams to hit 54 grams and firmly cement itself among the lightest battery-powered mice you can buy.
It still features the same third-gen optical switches as the prior model, which claim to last up to 90 million clicks.
Last but not least, Razer’s changing the outer feel of the mouse in a way that raised some alarm bells for me at first — it’s migrating to a smooth-touch finish instead of the eggshell texture of its previous mouse.
The Viper V3 Pro is available today in both black and white; the white model weighs an extra gram.
I suspect that if you’re the kind of person who cares, you might also want that mouse to track that fast right out of the box — instead of having to buy an extra dongle for that feature. Does your gaming mouse track its own position 8,000 times per second?
With its flagship Viper V3 Pro mouse designed for esports pros and those who aspire to be one, Razer is announcing today the most obvious difference. The $150 Viper V2 Pro did not come with the $30 Razer HyperPolling Wireless Dongle, but the new Viper V3 Pro retails for $160 and does.
Although the 58-gram Viper V2 Pro was already a remarkable device, winning the title of the lightest wireless gaming mouse when it was released, the V3 Pro now drops four grams to 54 grams, solidifying its place among the lightest battery-operated mice available.
It also now has a second-gen 35,000 DPI “Focus Pro” optical sensor, which can be adjusted in increments of 1 DPI, larger mouse feet, a “more tactile” scroll wheel with a “more reliable” scroll click, and a whole lot of small ergonomic adjustments you can see here:.
Additionally, you receive up to 16 additional hours of battery life at 4000Hz and almost twice as much (62 hours) at 2000Hz; however, the battery life at 8000Hz remains unchanged.
Additionally, Razer is releasing an app called “Sensitivity Matcher,” which allows you to simultaneously move your old and new mice by pressing a button. The new mouse will then automatically transfer your preferred DPI setting to it. The third-generation optical switches, which have a 90 million click warranty, are still present in this model.
Finally, I should mention that Razer is going to replace the eggshell texture of its previous mouse with a smooth-touch finish, which initially gave me some cause for concern. Third-party spokesperson Alyssa Benson reassured me that rubber is not used in this situation when I inquired about whether we would be going back to the adorable but ultimately tacky mess of the soft-touch rubber-covered mice of the past.
Both black and white versions of the Viper V3 Pro are currently available; the white model has an additional gram of weight.
