Razer Viper 8KHz, USB

Die Razer Viper 8kHz baut auf den Erfolg der bereits sehr guten Viper auf – mit der einen oder anderen Verbesserung, unter denen natives 8.000-Hz-Hyperpolling mit Abstand die Größte ist. Hiermit wird die exzellente Gaming-Maus zur bislang schnellsten Maus auf dem Markt und besonders für anspruchsvolle Profi-Spieler interessant, insbesondere wenn diese einen Monitor mit mehr als 144 Hertz besitzen.

Erstmals bietet eine Gaming-Maus ab Werk eine Polling-Rate von 8.000 Hz. Eine Empfehlung verdient die Viper 8KHz jedoch nicht deswegen.

The Razer Viper 8KHz is excellent for FPS gaming. It's surprisingly very light for a mouse without a honeycomb design and feels very well-built. Its ambidextrous body has a low profile that's great for a fingertip grip, but small hands may struggle to reach some buttons. It has a wide and adjustable CPI range, an incredibly low click latency, and a low lift-off distance. Its 8000Hz maximum polling rate provides smoother and more consistent cursor movements than a gaming mouse with a standard 1000Hz polling rate.

Looking at the features, it’s by far one of the best-equipped and highest specification gaming mice I’ve ever seen. It has an incredible 8000 Hz polling rate, which can drastically reduce input delay, and it’s also where we get the name “Viper 8K”. In addition, the Focus+ Optical Sensor can deliver true 20,000 DPI tracking… Wow, that’s a LOT of DPI! However, what’s really impressive is that it’ll track accurately at 650 inches per second and with 50G acceleration; that’s ridiculous; nobody can move that fast! Throw in PTFE feet, Chroma RGB customisation, 8 programmable buttons, and a lightweight design, and you’re well on your way to one of the best gaming mice ever. Now, let’s find out if what’s on paper works out well in the real world!

In the past years, the technological advancement of wired gaming mice has almost come to a halt. Sensor technology is at a point where any improvement is marginal and real-life benefits few and far between. Everyone seemed to be content with having a maximum polling rate of 1000 Hz, which has been the industry standard for more than a decade now, and the few attempts to go past the 1000 Hz mark turned out to be nothing but mere marketing ploys. With the Viper 8K, Razer finally managed to break this barrier, which takes wired mice a step ahead of wireless mice in the technological race of arms once again.

The Razer Viper 8K aims to be the best gaming mouse of 2021 by offering an insane polling rate of 8000Hz, something that was impossible not long ago. But is the Razer Viper 8K worth it versus the standard Razer Viper and is it the future of gaming mice? Let's check out the gaming performance and user impressions in this review.

A gaming mouse can always be faster. That’s certainly been the philosophy behind the evolution of gaming mice over the past 2-3 years. While most companies are busy shaving grams of plastic and components off their mice to make them lighter, Razer has turned to another pain point to upgrade its ambidextrous esports mouse, the Razer Viper: input lag.