INTRODUCTION

   Much like most hardware components and peripherals choosing the right mouse for the job has become way more complex lately. You see once upon a time (10 years ago is not really so long) the only two things consumers needed to check when out to get a brand new mouse were its shape (ergonomic/ambidextrous and of course based on the type of grip one preferred to use) and the specifications of the optical/laser sensor under its hood. Today however consumers need to check on numerous things including the number of buttons and the type of switches used, shape, optical/laser sensor specifications, RGB lighting and number of zones, type of cord and even the ease of use and available settings accessible from within its customization software. The Nightsword RGB is the latest gaming mouse to be released from our friends over at CORSAIR and today we're checking it out to see exactly what it has to offer.

   Founded in 1994, CORSAIR has grown from pioneering the high-performance DRAM market into one of the world’s leading providers of high-performance PC peripherals and components. CORSAIR offers a complete range of products to equip gamers, enthusiasts and e-sports athletes, including mechanical keyboards, precision gaming mice, wireless headsets, high-performance components that gamers use to build gaming PCs, and the CORSAIR ONE fully-integrated gaming PC. With a company-wide commitment to quality, innovative design, advanced features and high performance, CORSAIR products have won thousands of media and industry awards, earning their place in gamers’ hands and PCs following years of development and engineering by a team dedicated to building great products they themselves would want to use.

   For the brand new Nightsword RGB Performance Tunable FPS/MOBA Gaming Mouse CORSAIR decided to use the same custom PMW3391 optical sensor by Pixart as they did with the GLAIVE RGB PRO (review here) and IRONCLAW RGB (review here) and RGB Wireless (review here) models which features a maximum native resolution of up to 18.000DPI (dots per inch - adjustable in single DPI increments), maximum speed of 400IPS (inches per second) and 50G's acceleration. This was probably a good move by CORSAIR since the PMW3391 is among the best sensors we've used lately both in terms of performance and accuracy. The Nightsword RGB is also equipped with OMRON switches for its primary buttons (up to 50 million clicks), a total of 8 fully programmable buttons (10 including the front/back of the scroll wheel), smart tunable weight system (21g extra via 6 weights - the center of gravity is automatically detected via the iCUE software), 3 DPI modes/presets (4 with the sniper one), 1000Hz report/polling rate and a 4-zone RGB dynamic lighting system with a total of 13 different effects. Finally, as with most of their peripherals CORSAIR covers the Nightsword RGB with a 2-year limited warranty.