There’s little to discuss when it comes to the Asus software. It’s very good, and on a par with rival systems. Top marks. Asus ROG Spatha – Performance You can also create up to five profiles, each with different settings. You can switch between these on the fly through key commands. Better still, the profiles are stored on the Spatha’s built-in flash memory, so you can take your profiles with you on the go. In this price range you’d expect an abundance of bonus features, and the Asus ROG Spatha doesn’t disappoint. There are extras aplenty, starting with lighting. Like its major rivals, Asus offers its own custom-built software: ROG Armoury. It’s Windows-only, and you’ll need to be running at least Windows 7, right the way up to Windows 10. Mein einziger Kritikpunkt ist die Hantlichkeit und Größe der Maus, gemeinsam mit dem doch etwas höheren Gewicht. Dadurch kann es manchmal passieren, dass die Maus beim anheben aus der Hand rutscht.

To help you swap out the switches, Asus supplies a star-tip screwdriver. You’ll need to take off the four rubber pads, and then remove four screws. A magnetic tip screwdriver would have been useful, since the screws stop twisting about half a centimetre before leaving the chassis. Even tipping the mouse upside down wasn’t enough to jerk them out. Ultimately, although it is large, I feel it's the absence of an empty space on the left hand side of the mouse that makes this mouse slightly inferior to my previous corsair mouse. Ich habe Jahrelang Mäuse von Mad Catz im unteren Preissegment verwendet, bin jetzt aber auf diese doch etwas teurere Maus umgestiegen. Insgesamt bin ich mit dem Produkt sehr zufrieden. Magnetic Charging stand (Feels great not having to plug my mouse into any wires and just having it snap to the magnetic stand is satisfying. I put my charging stand flat on my table since it's easier to remove the mouse without moving the stand that way.) Not surprisingly, the Asus ROG Spatha is also quite heavy, weighing in at 179g. That’s far more than its biggest wireless rivals, the Razer Mamba (125g) and the Logitech G900 (107g). In my opinion, the Spatha is simply too heavy to use comfortably.Battery life (I had it running for quite a few days before its battery got low. compared to my corsair one which usually lasted around a day. You can also configure the app to let the mouse's lights start flashing whenever the battery gets low to notify you.) Das führen der Maus ist sehr genau, und auch Katzenhaare auf dem Mauspad scheinen die Genauigkeit nicht zu stören. Die Daumentasten sind mit einer eigenen Software Programmierbar, und sind gut zu erreichen. Asus has made this remarkably easy. On the underside of the mouse, there are four rubber bungs. Pop these off and you can use the included tool to unscrew the frame and pop the top off the mouse. From there you can access not only the battery (for future replacement) but also the switches. They're not soldered and feature a push-fit design so you can just pop them out and put some new ones in. In fact, it’s probably more than is necessary for most users, since 500Hz is generally considered to be enough for accurate reporting. It’s also worth remembering that having a higher polling rate puts a greater load on your computer’s processor, so you might want to dial down the Spatha’s 2,000Hz a notch if you have a less powerful machine. When in wireless mode, you’ll get 1,000Hz polling – which is also very impressive, and far more practical than 2,000Hz. Once the screws are out, the top lifts off and you can take out the switches. The right switch comes out easily, but the left switch sits halfway beneath the side of the chassis, which makes it a real pain to work out. Regardless, the entire switch-swapping process took about four minutes the first time I tried it. With practice, I got this down to about a minute-and-a-half.

Industry-leading 19,000 dpi optical sensor, plus 1000 Hz polling rate in both 2.4 GHz and wired modes USB C (my previous corsair mouse had micro USB so having USB C is definitely an upgrade as well as having it charge while plugged in.) I've had to get used to this new style of gripping the mouse. It did cause my hand some slight pain and discomfort initially. But having used it for close to a month now I've gotten used to it and my hand feels comfortable with it now. The Asus ROG Spatha has buttons aplenty: 12 reprogrammable keys adorn the mammoth chassis, including six hotkeys on the side and a two-level DPI switcher on the top.Unfortunately, the stand isn’t weighted enough, which means that when you try to pull the mouse away, it isn’t a clean detachment. About 70% of the time, you’ll end up dragging the platform around the mouse trying to prise it off, until you’re forced to use your second hand to pull it free. It’s frustrating. The Asus ROG Spatha is a bulky, cumbersome mouse with plenty of buttons. That puts it in a niche that won’t serve all gamers as well as other mice might, depending on your gaming style. You’ll also be forced to drop the polling rate in wireless mode. Polling rate is the number of times per second that the mouse reports its location to the computer, and it’s measured in Hertz (Hz). Asus managed an impressively high 2,000Hz polling rate in wired mode, which is offered by very few gaming mice.