With tactile alerts, a modular design, and an OLED screen, the SteelSeries Rival 700 gaming mouse is functional and fun, but adding modular components can get pricey.
SteelSeries: a legend in the hardware world. Its reputation is only trumped by its own new products supplanting itself on the way to the top of the peripheral hill. The company is neither the huge production foundries of Logitech, churning out hundreds...
Last year, we reviewed the first Rival gaming mouse, the Rival 300, and I was impressed with almost everything, except the boring design. SteelSeries upgraded the series with the Rival 700 and the new mouse has some unique features. Let's check it...
SteelSeries Rival 700 Tactile Alerts feature is a game changer to the gaming industry, and there are no other gaming peripheral manufactures who have ventured into this before. It seems like a gimmicky addition, but it is actually impactful when sets...
The SteelSeries Rival 700 is currently available for $99.99 directly from their website. Extremely customizable - it would suit most users Very impressive sensor Excellent switches, not too soft, not too hard OLED screen works well and is bright...
The idea of having a tactile Feedback for cooldowns on a mouse is simply genius. This along with a plethora of additional features and an impressive optical senor makes the SteelSeries Rival 700 simply one of the best mice I've ever tested. The...
Review sample provided by the manufacturer.Steel Series is well known for their rather diverse range of gaming products. The Steel Series Rival 700 is an enthusiast class product and lies firmly in the mid-high end spectrum of gaming devices. In this...
I cannot ignore that the Rival 700 owns (or PWNS) some firsts. The tactile feedback motor, swapable tracking sensor and an OLED screen are all new to me on a mouse.Does it need these though? Well, the vibrating feedback works remarkably well I have to...
Very few companies are as committed to Esports as SteelSeries. Their gaming peripherals have little competition, and the newly released Rival 700 gaming mouse serves as yet another example of how much effort SteelSeries' engineers put into each new...
There are certainly a lot of reasons why you should be excited about the SteelSeries Rival 700. It is not just because of its OLED screen and Tactile Alerts, although both of them definitely add to the list. The ultra-wide sensitivity range PixArt...
The Rival 700, equipped with an OLED display on one edge, has a solid, attractive physical design. Our quibbles? Aging configuration software, and some key features that work in just a handful of games. Read...
Over the multiple weeks using the Rival 700 as my main device I didn't notice any issues with tracking or performance in any application. Mouse clicks remained solid and tactile; while I myself couldn't tell much of a difference in the new plastic used...
With tactile alerts, a modular design, and an OLED screen, the SteelSeries Rival 700 gaming mouse is functional and fun, but adding modular components can get...
I've used a number of computer mice over the years, from the rudimentary upside-down trackball types of days gone by, to high-tech wireless laser and multitouch mice. They each have had their time in the sun at my desk, but it's time to say goodbye to...
SteelSeries was behind many gaming mice that I happened to like and use quite a lot including the Xai, Sensei and Sensei MLG models so when they released the Rival 700 I just had to get my hands on it. The housing of the Rival 700 doesn't follow the...
The SteelSeries Rival 700 is one of the most ambitious mice I've had the pleasure of using. It builds onto a mostly solid base by adding an OLED display and incorporating tactile alerts through the GameSense feature. Vibration isn't something usually...
When a product comes along with this many features it is difficult to know quite where to start. We could just talk about the sensor and the switches, but when there is so much extra sizzle with the steak it seems like we'd be doing the Rival 700 a...
We cannot deny that the shape of the Rival 700 makes it undeniably one of the most comfortable mice we have tested so far; we did try it in The Division, Counter-Strike Source, Paladins, Ghost in Shell, Quantum Break but also Paragon and the response to...
I started my testing of the SteelSeries Rival 700 Elite with a lengthy Battlefield session lasting about 6 hours. The shape felt immediately familiar and even my defaults carried over from the game settings. The weight was pretty easy to get used to and...
We can't help, but feel the Rival 700 is a bold experiment from SteelSeries. We've never seen an integrated OLED screen, a tactile feedback motor, or a slotted tracking sensor on a computer mouse before and right now you are probably reacting to the...
The Steelseries Rival 700 is a great mouse that's crippled by its software. The single biggest selling point for the mouse is the tactile feedback, and until they allow this feature to be used with a lot more games, it's one that most won't use. The...
With tactile alerts, a modular design, and an OLED screen, the SteelSeries Rival 700 gaming mouse is functional and fun, but adding modular components can get pricey.
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