Razer Sabertooth

Zitat: Pro: + Build quality + Sleek design without looking gaudy + Individual D-Pad buttons! + Six extra customizable buttons/triggers + The underbelly triggers are particularly useful for shooters + Sensitivity of the analog sticks can be adjusted + Two on-board profiles; no additional software required + Long (10´), detachable, braided cable + Added convenience accessories (carrying case, rubber analog stick covers, hex-screwdriver) + Full PC support via USB 2.0 Contra: - Price - No macro support - Not wireless (problem for some people?) The Razer Sabertooth is billed as an "Elite Gaming Controller" and as such, it unsurprisingly comes with a premium price. With an MSRP of $79.99, that´s more than twice as expensive as other Xbox 360 controllers on the market, and if all you care about is using it for a PC, one of the highest rated PC controllers on Amazon is a quarter of the price. But as the old adage goes, "you get what you pay for." While the extra programmable buttons and triggers are certainly a welcome addition, it´s the build quality that impresses me most. The Sabertooth is extremely light, at just over half a pound, yet feels solid and well constructed. The analog sticks are as good or better than any I´ve used in the past, they snap back nicely to the center, and I did not notice any dead zones. The green rubber covers are also a nice touch, and though I haven´t used it enough to get it all sweaty, it´s nice to know I can always remove them and wash them with soap and water if it ever gets to that point. The separate D-Pad buttons are outstanding and should really be standard on all controllers. Lastly, the face buttons (ABXY) are mechanical, so they should last quite awhile, but I´m not necessarily a fan of the "mouse-click sound" they make; if for no other reason than people around me probably think I´m doing something silly like Cookie Clicker. The back-lighting of ABXY is also completely unnecessary, but whatever. Arguably the Sabertooth´s biggest flaw is the inability to set macros for the additional buttons. I understand that it would have never passed official Xbox 360 certification, but having macro support on the PC side would have been nice, even if it required external software to configure (eg. Razer Synapse). That being said, I did find the underbelly triggers quite useful for certain situations, so those extra buttons are not entirely wasted. And, though it does take some getting used to, those aforementioned underbelly triggers are quite ingenious. This is especially true if you play console shooters, as you can use them to map ABXY and never have to take your thumb off the right analog stick. The additional shoulder buttons not so much, at least for me; I just couldn´t find a comfortable way to hold the controller and still be able to easily access those. Regardless of their ease of use, configuring them is easy and intuitive, and requires no additional software. Lastly, I´d be remiss if I didn´t mention that, for the price, most people would probably expect it to be wireless. With a nice long ten-foot cable, you should have no problem reaching your PC or console under normal circumstances, but a lot of people simply don´t like cords. I personally don´t trust the response rate of wireless devices for gaming, but I concede that I´m in the minority; at least for console gamers. I would have loved to see Razer implement the dual wired/wireless technology it has on the Razer Mamba gaming mouse; though seeing as that´s priced at $129.99, that may have substantially increased the price of the Sabertooth beyond what most gamers would be willing to spend. If you do not care for wireless, then you´d be hard-pressed to find a better Xbox 360 controller on the market than the Razer Sabertooth. The same holds true for PC unless you really prefer parallel analog sticks, or unless/until Razer comes out with a new Xbox One controller. Razer products always come with a slight premium, but in the Sabertooth

Zitat: Das Eingabegerät ist sowohl an der Xbox 360 als auch am PC nutzbar und verfügt über ein abnehmbares und in einer robusten Tasche verstaubares Kabel. Neben der Standardausstattung (2wei Schultertasten, zwei Trigger, zwei Analog-Sticks, ein Steuerkreuz und sechs Buttons) bietet das ergonomisch geformte und angenehm leichte Razer Sabertooth noch zwei abnehmbare Analogwippen auf der Unterseite sowie zwei frei belegbare kleine Schultertasten.

Zitat: Sabertooth eignet sich für Groß und Klein, ist gut verarbeitet, aber nicht perfekt. Mankos: die gewöhnungsbedürftigen Schaltwippen und das schlecht bedienbare Steuerkreuz.

Zitat: Sabertooth ist gut verarbeitet, durchaus gelungen, aber längst nicht perfekt. Mankos: die gewöhnungsbedürftigen Schaltwippen und das viergeteilte Steuerkreuz.

Zitat: Despite its shortcomings though, the Sabertooth does both look and feel like a premium game pad and sat in our hands mid-game we must admit to feeling at least 20 per cent cooler (a feeling somewhat neutered by the fact we were playing Lego Lord of the Rings for a good chunk of the review process). The buttons are on hair-trigger micro switches that feel very satisfying, the sticks move smoothly and the extra features, while arguably superfluous for most, are there for those few who consider them a game breaking advantage (which they aren’t – this isn’t a pad equipped with auto-fire to mappable macros after all). Click to enlarge - The loss of wireless capability is a shame, even if pros only trust wired While we like the Sabertooth then, we’re certainly not fans of its price tag. At £70 it’s vastly more expensive than a standard wired black Xbox controller that can be had for less than £20, while a wireless pad with PC adapter is still cheaper at closer to £40. For most, the extra features just won’t be worth the extra cash, particularly with the loss of wireless functionality. If you’re a controller die-hard or do most of your gaming through Xbox Live rather than Steam though, we can certainly see the attraction of trading up to a controller with a little more about it than Microsoft’s old-faithful, and the Sabertooth fits that niche well; just don´t expect it to turn you into a scoreboard-topping pro-gamer all by itself.