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Rival 3
SteelSeries' low-cost wired right-handed gaming mouse, 77 g, with six buttons, a TrueMove Core sensor and three-zone RGB lighting, suited to players on a budget.
- Shape
- Ergonomic
- Buttons
- 6
- DPI
- 8,500
- Battery
- –
- Connects by
- Cable
- Weight
- 77 g
What reviewers say
Reviewers see it as a strong budget gaming mouse: light, comfortable and accurate, with attractive lighting and more features than its price suggests, and RTINGS measured excellent sensor performance. Tom's Hardware disliked the stiff, non-braided cable, RTINGS found the side buttons hard to press, and TechRadar noticed some cursor jitter on lift-off.
From rtings.com, tomshardware.com and techradar.com
Specifications
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- Shape
- Ergonomic
- Hand
- Right hand
- Sensitivity
- Up to 8,500 DPI
- Sensor
- TrueMove Core
- Buttons
- 6
- Free-spinning wheel
- No
- Thumb wheel
- No
- Sensor
- SteelSeries TrueMove Core optical sensor (built with PixArt); 200–8,500 CPI in 100 CPI steps; 300 IPS on SteelSeries QcK surfaces; 35 G; 1,000 Hz (1 ms) polling; no hardware acceleration
Connections and battery
- Connects by
- Cable
- Power
- Cable
- Works with
- Windows, Mac, Chromebook (ChromeOS), Linux and Xbox; USB port required
- Software
- SteelSeries Engine 3.15.1 or later (now SteelSeries GG) for Windows 7 or newer and macOS 10.12 or newer; onboard memory for up to five CPI profiles
Design
- Weight
- 77 g
- Size
- 120.6 mm long; 58.3 mm wide at the front and 67 mm at the back; 21.5 mm high at the front and 37.9 mm at the back; 77 g without cable; 1.8 m rubber cable
- Materials
- ABS plastic with a black matte finish; SteelSeries mechanical switches rated for 60 million clicks; 3 independently controlled RGB zones; SteelSeries describes the shape as ergonomic, right-handed, for claw or fingertip grip
- In the box
- Rival 3 gaming mouse, product information guide
Pros and cons
Pros
- Light for a budget wired mouse, at 77 g without the cable
- Mechanical switches rated for 60 million clicks
- Onboard memory for up to five CPI profiles
Cons
- Wired only
- TrueMove Core sensor tops out at 8,500 CPI and 300 IPS
- Rubber cable rather than a braided or mesh one
Closest rivals
Model | Shape | Buttons | DPI | Battery | Connects by | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ergonomic | 6 | 25,600 | 60 hours | USB receiver and Cable | 95 g | Jun 2019 | |
| Ergonomic | 8 | 16,000 | – | Cable | – | Feb 2019 | |
| Ergonomic | 6 | 18,000 | 200 hours | Bluetooth, USB receiver and Cable | 68 g | Nov 2021 |
Sources
- steelseries.com/gaming-mice/rival-3
- steelseries.com/press/67-steelseries-launches-rival-3-gaming-mouse-apex-3-and-a…
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- Black Rival 3, official product view: images.ctfassets.net/hmm5mo4qf4mf/6nJ5mgKvyS8KXd1S4swACS/71e9265c1ea82fdf825005…
- Black Rival 3, official product view: images.ctfassets.net/hmm5mo4qf4mf/4RNrIgRDgoc9tIVPJNI4uR/6b79eaf9164ced876bba52…
