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Cougar ATTACK X3 RGB Gaming Keyboard Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2017-01-23

With the ATTACK X3 RGB, Cougar is introducing another affordable peripheral to the market which houses the reliable Cherry MX RGB switches and we have additional flexibility of choice between four different types: Black, Brown, Blue and Red. The keyboard is quite light for a mechanical model at just 0.9 Kg and features a 1.8m long braided USB cable with gold-plated USB ports, as we have seem with other high-end peripherals. Thanks to the brushed aluminum top plate, the chassis of the ATTACK X3 RGB is reinforced, but also thanks to this layer, the LED lighting reflection looks even better.

Cougar UIX System Part II

Of course that more advanced configuration options are available via Macros; before defining an actual Macro, we will have to initialize a Macro Group:

The Macro setup menu will open up in a new window, which holds many additional options:

The Macro we have just created will be shown in a square, which can be dragged and dropped to the desired key, as we have done with the pre-defined functions:

The interface does also have a Profile manager we can work with:

The Performance tab of the UIX System GUI does allow adjustment of the Polling Rate, Repeat Delay, N-key Rollover function but we do also have a Repeat Rate Test section for trying out the modifications:

The Lighting Control area does allow us to work with three different modes per profile. The operation mode is similar to the Key Assignment area, with drag-and-drop motions to each tip of the shown triangle:

Here are the preset modes we can work with:

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