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It's not the first 8K gaming keyboard, but it is the first with ultra-wideband technology — a short-range, high-frequency wireless technology that's less prone to signal interference than 2.4GHz wireless. This means the keyboard will have a more stable high-speed connection that won't mess with (or be messed with by) other wireless peripherals, such as wireless gaming mice or headsets. The keyboard gets true 8,000 Hz polling over both its wired and wireless connections, which is still probably overkill for most users but means it should (in theory) be the fastest, most responsive gaming keyboard on the market when it launches.
“With the K63W Pro, we wanted to evolve wireless gaming even further. Ultra-Wideband technology and 8K polling deliver extreme performance, while the carefully tuned gasket construction creates a typing feel you would never expect from a low-profile keyboard. The result is a keyboard built for both competitive gaming and hours of daily typing,” Joakim Jansson, Director of Product Management at Cherry, said in a press release .
Design-wise, the K63W Pro is a 70-percent keyboard — meaning it keeps the full function row and arrow keys, but drops the single-key navigation row you see on the more typical 75-percent layout. Cherry says this new layout is "optimized for gaming, keeping the F-row while reducing side bulk to maximize space for mouse movement." In addition to a modified layout, the keyboard is also low-profile — featuring Cherry's MX Low Profile 2.0 switches in a gasket mount design, which creates a typing experience that "feels controlled, cushioned, and surprisingly deep for its size" (according to Cherry).
The keyboard also has a 6,000 mAh battery that delivers up to 1,100 hours of usage, "depending on settings such as polling rate and RGB intensity." We'll assume this means that it won't get 1,100 hours over an 8,000 Hz polling rate, but who knows — Keychron's ZMK-based Q Ultra series gets up to 660 hours of battery life over 8,000 Hz polling rates, so maybe the K63W Pro will surprise us.
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Reference reading
- https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/gaming-keyboards/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/gaming-keyboards/cherry-xtrfy-launches-first-8k-ultra-wideband-gaming-keyboard-featuring-more-compact-70-percent-layout#main
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