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The 7G has a very unique key action which differs considerably from membrane keyboards; the keys are far more responsive and provide almost no resistance to movement at all. They also activate approximately half-way down the key-press so they don't have to be depressed fully for the keystroke to register. This means that keystrokes are registered much more quickly than with a membrane keyboard and can give you a slight speed advantage over other gamers. Even though there is no defined ‘click' when the keys are depressed, the keyboard is actually quite loud unless the keys are struck very lightly so they aren't depressed fully.
One of SteelSeries most marketed features of the 7G is it's anti-ghosting capability when used with the PS-2 connector. This is quite impressive asyou can press every key simultaneously on the keyboard and they will all register. Standard USB keyboards are usually able to register up to ten key-presses but this is over the board as a whole – it will be fewer than this if the keys are in a localised area.
Overall the in game performance improvements noticed with the 7G are quite small but should be significant to serious gamers.
As a typists keyboard the 7G also performs quite well. Compared to my Macbook Pro, I experienced consistent improvements in typing speed of around 5 – 10 words per minute with the 7G when using a variety of different tests on the internet. The keys are also positioned very comfortably, especially when the included palm rest is used.
