Thermaltake TTeSports Challenger Pro Gaming Keyboard Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2010-11-26

The TTeSports Challenger Pro is a decent gaming keyboard, aimed mostly at professional gamers who frequent LANs, it has key backlighting which can be controlled by the touch of a button and also sports an unique feature: a little fan that is meant to cool your hands during intense gaming sessions!

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The Software Interface

After plugging in the keyboard into the computer, I went and downloaded the latest driver and software version for the product:

 

 

 

After the installation is complete, the software may require a system restart; after it is loaded, the “Tt” logo will appear in the system tray. The GUI is not complicated and features options to control the LEDs or to assign functions to the programmable buttons. We can upload 4 profiles at once into the keyboard (through which we can navigate with the designated profile switcher key), or we can save specific profiles on our HDD for a later use:

 

 

 

For each programmable key, we can set a specific command like “cut”, “copy” or “paste”, but also macros:

 

 

 

When we hover the mouse pointer over programmable key, it will be highlighted on the keyboard schematic too:

 

 

 

With the Macro Key Set Up function, we can define macros of our own, with or without timers:

 

 

 

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