The Asus ROG Strix Morph 96 Wireless , which launched barely two months ago, is sort of the successor to the ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless — sort of . It's also a wireless 96-percent hot-swappable gaming keyboard with a gasket mount design, and it also sounds and feels pretty good, but it doesn't offer much if you're already using the ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless. It comes with Asus NX V2 switches (we tested the linear Snow V2 switches), but that's the only real "upgrade" — and since I've already swapped out the switches in the ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless, this didn't seem worth the switch.
It might seem like I'm just jumping on every full-size or nearly full-size gaming keyboard that comes across my desk, but that's definitely not true. I recently looked at Keychron's new Q6 Ultra 8K , which is a pretty impressive board on paper: full aluminum case, 8,000 Hz polling rate, and up to 660 hours of battery life over said 8,000 Hz polling rate. It comes with Keychron's Silk POM switches in three flavors (Red/linear, Brown/tactile, or Banana/tactile), and we tested the Brown tactile switches, which are pre-lubed, with an operating force of 55g and a soft tactile bump. I fully expected to love this keyboard, but I just could not get into the typing experience. I think it was a mix of the switches — I'm very particular about tactile switches, it turns out, and Keychron's Silk POM Brown switches were slightly too heavy with not enough feedback for me — and the keycaps. The keycaps, which are double-shot PBT in a KSA profile, are just so, so high for how deeply curved their tops are. They were uncomfortable from the start, and they didn't get more comfortable with use — and combined with the heavier actuation and unsatisfying tactility of the switches, it was just an awful overall typing experience for me.
Keychron Q6 Ultra 8K at Amazon for $203.99
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/gaming-keyboards/these-are-the-four-keyboards-im-still-using-after-reviewing-keyboards-for-years-how-a-500-hz-tkl-and-a-stream-deck-layout-dominated-my-desk#main
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