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SteelSeries Rival 650 Wireless Gaming Mouse Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2018-11-25

We have tested the Rival 650 Wireless in CounterStrike: Global Offensive, Champions of Titan, Destiny 2 but also Command and Conquer: Tiberium Wars -> the comfort level is pretty much identical to the Rival 600 but with the added wireless bonus. The lift-off distance was set at 0.5mm and we have experienced no erratic behavior after no less than two hours of gaming. Thanks to the included lateral programmable buttons, we could access our macros with ease in-game, for increased efficiency.

SteelSeries Engine Part I

For configuration purposes, Rival 650 does make use of the SteelSeries Engine 3 unified software that supports many SS peripherals; from its dashboard, we can also perform firmware updates:

The GUI is adapted for the customization of the Rival 650 and is pretty intuitive:

The interface does permit mouse views from the left and from the top:

The button configuration menu will appear in a separate window:

Here are the function categories we can assign for the programmable buttons:

Default

Keyboard Buttons

Macros

Media Buttons

Mouse Buttons

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