Razer Dragon Age II BlackWidow Ultimate

Key Features

Dragon Age II is the second instalment of the hugely popular Dragon Age franchise developed by Bioware and published by Electronic Arts. This fantasy role-playing video game lets you assume the role of Hawke a lowly refugee who becomes a legendary champion over the course of a decade. The decisions you make shape the world around you and will change the world for ever. The new cinematic, updated graphics and visual style made this sequel as popular as the first part.

The collector's edition Razer Dragon Age II BlackWidow Ultimate lets you play faster as the mechanical keys deliver crisp, tactile feedback with every actuation. The Razer Dragon Age II BlackWidow Ultimate has a composite USB cable that has 2 gold-plated USB ports and plugs for a microphone and headphones. The USB cable is braided which improves the overall strength and durability of the cable.

Style and Portability

The Dragon Age II BlackWidow Ultimate from Razer has dimensions of 475 x 171 x 30 mm and weighs a substantial 1.5 kg. With this keyboard playing in low light or dark conditions is easy due to its blood-red backlight feature which lights up every key individually. The backlight has 5 levels of brightness which allows you to set the intensity to a level you are comfortable with.

The Dragon Age II BlackWidow's mechanical key technology provides a distinctive tactile feedback in the form of a light pronounced tap to your fingers confirming you have pressed the key. With 50 g optimized actuation force and a reduced actuation distance of 2 mm the Razer Dragon Age II BlackWidow Ultimate lets you play faster than most contemporary keyboards.

Performance

Macro key binding is made easy in the Razer Dragon Age II BlackWidow Ultimate as with a simple click of 2 buttons you can initiate and end recording lengthy macros. Macros allow you to record complex combination of actions under one button which can be used later during a game to save time. Therefore by pressing one button a series of actions can be initiated in the order it was programmed.

The Razer Dragon Age II BlackWidow Ultimate has a gaming mode which disables the bothersome Windows key that interrupts your game by minimizing the game window when you accidentally press it. When the game mode is active a red G in crosshair will shine on the keyboard. The Dragon Age II Gaming Keyboard runs best on computers that use Window 7, Vista, XP and Mac OS X (v10.5 or later). You also have an option of saving up to 10 customizable software profiles with different macro key bindings that you can switch between, even during a game. Profiles are templates that are used to define a keyboard's settings for different characters and games.

The Dragon Age II BlackWidow Ultimate from Razer comes with gaming optimized key matrix to minimize ghosting. You can simultaneously press up to 6 keys and see all the actions being executed, which is of utmost importance in role-playing games and multiplayer games. There are 5 additional keys that are specifically designed to bind macros and these keys are positioned on the left side for quick access.

The Multi-media control keys have been paired with function keys F5 to F8 so that you can change songs or forward a movie directly from your keyboard. The Razer Dragon Age II BlackWidow Ultimate guarantees that your instructions are executed without any delay as it comes with 1000 Hz Ultrapolling and 1 ms response time. The Ultrapolling technology increases the frequency with which the keyboard reports actuation information back to the computer, thereby reducing the data transmission time to 1ms.

Multimedia and Connectivity

The Razer Dragon Age II BlackWidow Ultimate from Razer makes your life easier as it has an audio out and microphone in jack on the right side of the keyboard. Right next to the audio jacks there is a spare USB port that can be used to connect Portable USB devices or other gaming peripherals. Though the Dragon Age II BlackWidow Ultimate is a plug and play device, you should install the software and drivers from the Razer website to enable advanced features such as macro recording and profile settings. The minimum system requirements to install the Razer Dragon Age II BlackWidow Ultimate are a PC with 2 USB ports, 75 MB of hard disk space and an internet connection for driver and software installation.