Between K70, K100 and K55 Since previous years, Corsair has constantly participated in a conversation for the top -end keyboard manufacturer along with such as Razer and Steelseries (and Keychron, if you ask me). In recent years, however, the aforementioned brands have moved forward with their new models, jumping on innovation here and there in order to preserve all fresh ones. Corsair has now closed this gap and made a statement with the new Vanguard Pro 96. This is not only because it accepted magnetic switches, but also such things as 96% layout, intellectual macro -button and LED display are formed to make it a kind of “best blows” The best gaming keyboardsThere are several small designer quirks. full Game keyboards that I tested, even in a high -class space.
Corsair Vanguard Pro 96 – Design and Functions
Vanguard Pro 96 has the foundations blocked with two PBT-clavish shots, a strong aluminum frame and bright RGB lighting, which shines through open keys. The frame flashes a little, which makes a slightly wider base, and although this is not necessarily a lack of design, it is not as clean as some of The best keyboards in recent years (Although it is more careful than most other Corsair boards). You also get a pleasant soft vacation on the wrist, which magnetically attaches a little branded talent in the middle.
Nevertheless, this gives a place for multiplely introduced macro, on the left side of the board (indicated from G1 to G5). Six programmable buttons of the angles outward of the base, which facilitates their viewing and presses in the blink of an eye. Most other keyboards with macro buttons have them as an additional column of keys that add some undesirable mass, and, fortunately, Corsair found out the way to bring functional advantages without Heft.
You will notice a bright 1.9-inch LCD screen in the upper right corner of the keyboard next to the textured aluminum rotation. He acts as a kind of HEADS-UP display, which shows the information of your keyboard and allows you to control many of the Vanguard Pro settings on the fly. I praised such a feature New Blackwidow Razer And Steelseries Apex ProAnd Corsair did something similar on other high-quality proposals, but this is a smooth performance of the idea. I would like it to be more intuitive to move along the menu on the screen (you used FN + F12 to shuffle through control elements), but as soon as you get it and/or set up its functions through a web software, this is a rather smooth swimming.
Although this is not that I can attribute to one Vanguard Pro, I am just very glad that Corsair decided to use a 96% layout is a format that I have struck about from the moment Keychron K4 years ago (and later View K4 he), because it does not jeopardize full -size functionality and still retains a decent amount of table space. Of course, you lose the allocated central column, but since I rarely use these controls and I can still get access to them through the keyboard, this is a light concession. And the fact that he could still be understood the control panel of the LCD -Display, rotary dial, And Macro Keys is the type of design I was looking for.
The last Hedliner function is the MGX magnetic switches from Corsair, which are very well added to their contemporaries. Each keys are supplied with a smooth, linear sensation and a constant resistance curve (from 30 g to 55 g) throughout its full distance of the movement of 4.0 mm. Like any keyboard with the effect of a hall worthy of salt, you can configure the point of adding as a whole from 0.1 mm to 4.0 mm, which is one of the main advantages of the presence of magnetic switches. Corsair only used MGX includes two Top K70 modelsAnd they shine just as brightly on Vanguard Pro.
One of the minor irritations is excessively stupid placement of the USB-C-o-o-ohno port is burdened deep into the lower part of the board, and the cable should be squeezed through the recesses. As soon as it is installed, everything is in order, since this is not quite a keyboard. It also emphasizes the fact that Vanguard Pro is a keyboard only for wired communication, which limits its versatility. At a time when the keyboard in this price range offers 2.4 GHz and Bluetooth, this is a little disappointed. On the other hand, you do not need to worry about the time of autonomous work, especially if you use the super-phanate speed of the survey 8000 Hz. As I noted in other views of the keyboard at the level of enthusiasts, the high survey frequency is not very useful for the device focused at the binary entrance (regardless of whether the key is given or not), unlike the mouse, which constantly tracks vague minimum movements. At least you know that you get the best possible performance.
Corsair Vanguard Pro 96 – software and tuning
With many Corsair products, you will have to use Software Icue Software to configure – one of my least favorites among peripheral program programs, since it is quite confused for navigation. In an amazing turn for the better, Corsair made Vanguard to configure only through Corsair Web Hub Which is a browser -based tool. This is how many boutiques are engaged in software, for example Keychron k4 he -This is a much more flexible approach to setting, especially since you can avoid inflated apartments only for loading. He puts Corsair products in a strange place where you may need ICue for some, but not all devices; In general, however, this is a smart step, and I hope this will be a tendency to move forward.
In the web center, you can configure the RGB backlight using the whole list of effects and color schemes, setting their speed, behavior and directed stream. More importantly, it is here that you regulate the drive points and reset for magnetic switches on an individual basis. You can set the user tasks of the keys, assign five side macro buttons and create a macro sequence for them, as well as save several layers that you can switch between.
Here you will find the Flash TAP function, which allows the opposite cardinal direction (SOCD), a function that becomes quite common among modern gaming keyboards. (Although be careful, good, this allows you to quickly get a job with inhuman efficiency in games such as Counter-Strike 2 and Valorant, it is a displacement, because it turns into a fraudulent territory.) A quick trigger, on the other hand, is not as controversial as it allows the magnetic switch to recognize any upward movement, as well as the cutting point, which makes repeating entities easier.
The last remarkable thing here is the Desk Deck Elgato button next to the Right FN button, which is useful to create content. This, by general recognition, will satisfy a small crowd, but this is a good cost that works as an additional tool that complements those who use the Deck Stream application and want additional control.
There is a lot of things between the web software and the Deck Deck application if you want to get the maximum return on the keyboard, and I believe that it will be a lot to take this level of accurate tuning in ICUE. But as a result, Corsair has reliable and easy -to -use tools to configure a wide composition of functions on Vanguard PRO without a bloated application that you need to download.
Corsair Vanguard Pro 96 – Games and performance
It was difficult to return to the keyboard with the effect of the hall, even with some outstanding mechanical keyboards, such as Razer Blackwidow is low -profile who are still confident in great people. The advantages of magnetic switches are shining through Vanguard Pro – the accuracy of the Corsair MGX switches, and their light touch and regulated points of acting are put there with some of my favorite performers.
As a rule, I made my rounds of oncoming matches of 2 ranks to check the keyboard in a multi -user environment. And, without surprise, my accuracy Pro Pro was fantastic for playing a highly competitive shooter. The installation of my point of bringing 0.8 mm allows my entrances to register with a slightly faster edge, and the key to keystrokes allows me to easily ride at a distance and jump. The appointment of sequences of purchase of macro clavas is also another good to get.
I also like to take raids in Final Fantasy XIV to understand how the keyboard is withstanding in MMORPG, where there is much more for juggling in terms of control elements. Magnetic switches were definitely held in terms of gaming performance, allowing me to effectively impress the rotation of the attack (and use a longer application point to soften important input failures). But these are macro clavish G1 – G5, which really pushing Vanguard Pro over his contemporaries. Picturing frequent actions that usually require a key combination is a find; Even the little things, such as the challenge of my mountain or the removal of my limit, is an excellent quality of life, I will have problems with vacation. The point is not that macro key is innovative – I know that they have been around since the appearance of game keyboards is a smart design that provides light access without adding an additional mass of the board itself.
I also dial all my keyboard reviews on the keyboard itself, and for a week using the avant -garde, he set a balance between the lungs on my fingers so as not to set them after a long time to set the work, but firmly enough to prevent erroneous input data from the heavy hand. All functions along the edges are sweet, but they do not matter much if Vanguard Pro 96 has not nailed the basics. It does wonderful.
