Creative Fatality Gaming Keyboard Black
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Customer Review: A couple of problems with the fatal1ty keyboard
Summary: 3 Stars
You should be aware that the electo-luminescent panel makes noise - a kind of high pitched buzzing. It's not loud so your PC must be quiet for you to notice it. But if your PC is nearly silent, like mine, it is annoying. I play some quiet tunes to drown it out. Still that is not perfect troglodyte programming conditions
My other beef is the key closest to the space bar on the left is a copy of the backslash/vertical bar key but on my machine it sends a key-scan code of 10 which prints a weird character having nothing to do with \ or |.
There are no instructions on how to turn on the lighting with this keyboard - it is controlled by a key 2 positions to the right of the space bar.
The keys themselves work smoothly - short throw with good tactile feedback. A much nicer feeling keyboard than my Logitech.
Customer Review: If by gaming keyboard, they mean harder to use, then yes it works.
Summary: 2 Stars
Cons:
- Probably the worst part is the layout, for some reason creative decided to make it incredibly small, in by doing so, none of the keys are in the right places, and if they are, they are 1/2 their normal size.
- The illumination light is hidden amongst the regular keys.. why?
- In gameplay, I cannot use more than 2 keys simultaneously. In other words, if I'm strafing and jumping, and I try to switch weapons using a key bind, the keyboard doesn't respond. I've been thrashed dozens of times now due to this problem. My silly MS wireless keyboard didn't even have this problem.
PROS:
- The key action is good.
- The footprint is small, but this comes at too high a cost in my opinion.
This keyboard might be good for some games, and for gaming only. If you plan to use it in conjunction with your day to day activities, I wouldn't recommend it. This keyboard seems more like an ultra-compact application for traveling users, not for gaming.
I'm going back to my MS wireless elite keyboard... and I'm out $50 for this one.
Customer Review: Gaming Keyboard
Summary: 2 Stars
Did not like this keyboard. I recommend the Logitech GS15 backlit keyboard- NEW model, released this September, not 2005 model which is too large for most desktops.