Cyborg R.A.T. 3 and R.A.T. 7 Review – the ultimate mice?

1. Introduction2. Cyborg R.A.T. 33. Cyborg R.A.T. 3 (Software and Performance)4. Cyborg R.A.T. 75. Cyborg R.A.T. 7 (Software and Performance)6. Closing Thoughts7. View All Pages

The software and driver installation only takes a few minutes and was faultless on our Windows 7 64 bit Enterprise Edition build. An icon resides in the taskbar and you can access the software and profile system from here whenever you wish.

The interface is visually very attractive, and thankfully the software is also very stable. From here you can set up profiles and four DPi settings which work together with the buttons on the mouse.

The software is not an extremely indepth design, but it offers enough options to fine tune the tracking and to cater for people who need to set up a small number of profiles. We will look at this a little more later in the review.

Test System
Motherboard: Sapphire Pure Black X58
System Memory: 6GB Kingston H20 @ 2100mhz
Processor: Intel i7 980x @ 4.5ghz
Video: nVidia GTX580
Monitor: illyama B2712HDS
Operating System: Windows 7 Enterprise x64

In regards to the mouse performance, the sensitivity options should cover most bases for almost everyone, apart from the extreme gamers who need more fine tuning of various settings. Unfortunately while the tracking of the R.A.T. 3 is first class, I found the mouse body to feel rather ‘light' in my hand, which might suit some people but sadly not myself.

In the efforts to be thorough, I let several people play with the mouse over the course of a week, and I found it was extremely popular with a handful of younger gamers, including a female clan gamer who seemed to bond with the shape and weight. Getting it back to finish the review was actually rather difficult.

I found the R.A.T.3 more than acceptable for everyday use and while the shape looks dramatic in the pictures, it is actually surprisingly comfortable. It wouldn't replace my Steelseries Ikari for everyday use, but I found the tracking to be extremely accurate and the shape easy to adapt to. Unfortunately as I am a big guy and used to heavier mice, I really found myself wanting to add extra weight to the body.

This is obviously going to be very much down to personal taste, however I feel confident after speaking with a handful of gamers who used the product for several days that the weight is not an issue.

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