Logitech G13 for gamers

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Logitech G13

we open the package, we find the following:

• the G13 Advanced game board
• a Quick Start guide
• software CD
• a booklet about product warranty

Installation
The G13 board game connect on the computer via a USB port and automatically recognized and installed by Windows. For use in games to make you, however, the software on the supplied CD to install.

The software, called panel game, does not take long time and it is not necessary between to restarting, you can start using the software to work.

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Game Panel
When the program for the first time on startup, a screen appears explaining the different parts of the G13. If you are shown just before each use and what features are there. Then you can choose a button to adjust by clicking on it. There appears a menu where you have enough options to set. If you can change a keystroke and a macro or function assigned.



G13 keys
In addition to the 22 programmable G keys, the joystick and the two buttons, a few keys.

• A key to the display light on or off.
• A button to switch between the information that the display shows.
• Four keys to the RSS messages scrolling by, to open or delete them.
• Three buttons to switch between saved profiles
• A button to choose a key to program.

LCD screen
The G13 is equipped with an LCD screen. On this screen you can see several things. Through a separate program window is entirely up to your liking. For example, a standard RSS feed, cpu & ram usage and clock display.

The G13 also has the ability to change the color of the lights to adjust, this can be done in the game panel. Any color is possible, the display and the button lights in the specified color.


Tests
For the board game to test, I used during a session of World of Warcraft and Quake 3, these two games are excellent for this. During testing I was often the problem that the buttons I could not properly express. The positioning of some buttons makes it somewhat difficult to press them quickly. Also I noticed in Quake 3 that I tended to my own faster than binds to binds to the G13. This is probably just a matter of getting used to, but I could not easily make the switch.

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Plus Points

• Comfort.
• Design.
• Many settings.

Downsides

• It is getting used to.

Conclusion
The Logitech G13 gameboad offers a lot of features that a gamer's life a little better. If you play the occasional game for fun then it is probably an unnecessary luxury, but a real gamer is definitely worth it. Some stand in the way the relatively strong retail, which is found by Logitech at approx 4000rs .