Category: Keyboard
Manufacturer: Razer
Product: Tarantula
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Price: $99.99

Introduction

Razer is known as the big boy around the block when it comes to high end computer peripherals. Just stroll into any major tournament around the globe and you'll know it. Unlike others, Razer offers a product catered specifically towards gamers, so it must meet the high demands of individuals looking for the very best in hardware today. We emphasize with peripheral reviews that personal preference plays a large role in determining the final score. That being said, the goal of this review is to supply you with as much information about the personal experience when using the keyboard in both desktop and gaming applications as possible.

Specifications

• Anti-Ghosting Capability: Unlimited Simultaneous Key Presses
  
• Optimized Hyperesponse™ Gaming Keytop with Replaceable Keys: For Reduced Key Latency and Maximum Response
  
• 32KB Onboard Memory Powered By Razer Synapse™ with 5 Onboard Profiles
• 100 Profile Capability with Razer Tarantula Drivers Installed
  
• 10 Programmable Gaming Macro Keys
  
• 10 Hot Keys (With Icons) To Add On Keytop
• Plug and Play Without Driver
• Battledock™ Function
• On-The-Fly Game Detection: Activated Automatically Once Program/Game Is Loaded
• Normal Keys Can Be Programmed to Act As Other Keystrokes
  
• Earphone-Out, Microphone-In Jacks
• Fully Interchangeable and Programmable Keys
• Convenient Media Keys Allows Media Program Control
  
• Gold Plated USB Connectors with Covers
  

Hardware Configuration

• Case: Antec Solo
  
• Power Supply: Antec TruePower Trio 650
• Motherboard: DFI Lanparty 939 nForce4 Ultra
• Processor: AMD Opteron 146 2.0GHz (Overclocked 2800 MHz)
• Hard Drive: Western Digital 100GB IDE HDD
• Hard Drive: Seagate 300GB SATA HDD
• Hard Drive: Maxtor 250GB SATA HDD
• Video: eVGA GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express
• Memory: OCZ Dual-Channel PC4000 Gold Edition VX 1024MB
• Optical: Lite-On 8x DVD+/-RW
• Audio: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
• Cooling: Zalman CNPS9500 CPU Cooler
• Cooling: Zalman VF900-Cu GPU Cooler
• Cooling: ThermalRight HR-05 Chipset Heatsink
• Media: Mitsumi 7-in-1 Media Drive
• Display: Samsung Syncmaster 710N 17" LCD
• Surface: Engineered Wood Desk

• Motherboard BIOS: NF4LD406 BIOS Update Revision A (2006/04/06)
• Chipset: nForce4 Series AMD Windows Vista 32-Bit v15.00 WHQL Certified
• Operating System: Windows XP Professional With Service Pack 2 & Windows Vista Business Edition
• Video Driver: NVIDIA ForceWare Version 91.47 32-bit WHQL Certified (November 2 14 release) / NVIDIA ForceWare Release 100 v100.65 32-bit WHQL Certified
• Audio Driver: Creative SB Audigy 2 Series Driver 02.08.0004 / Creative SB Audigy 2 Series Vista Beta Driver 2.12.0001
• Driver: Razer Tarantula Driver v2.01b
  
• Test Game: Counter-Strike 1.6
  
• Test Game: Battlefield 2 v1.41
• Test Game: Counter-Strike: Source
• Test Game: Quake 4 v1.4 Beta
• Test Game: Need for Speed: Carbon v1.3