Microsoft's SideWinder X4 Keyboard is a Ghostbuster

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  I moved to the Sidewinder X6 when I discovered that F.E.A.R. glitches out when using Logitech products, t... : Endymion_
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    whats wrong with the g15 and fear? ( i never installed the macro program logitech apps are usually shiity... : Frush81
    • Coming back late to this, but you will find that if you play F.E.A.R. and have the G15 (or almost any Log... : Endymion_

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  I can get 32 : TexasGameJunkie
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    2,3,w 4,e,r 5,6,t 7,y,u space, b,n,h i,j,k 0,o,p -,[,= >,/,windows insert, delete, home, end : TexasGameJunkie
    • no particular reason, but hey... : TexasGameJunkie
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  Thinking back on my youth, my brothers and I would play games that required all of us to share the same k... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Yessss. Trying to play 2 player fighting games on the same keyboard back in the day. : xgeriatricsx
• Are you using your nose? : Johnny Law

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• my MS wireless keyboard hasn't had any problems. only thing is it's a bit sticky but its probably about ... : dantastic
• dont buy BT : a176
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  >decent >wireless No matter what you're talking about, these two properties are mutually exclusive. : badspot
  • Depends on what you are doing. My Logitech S510 keyboard is nice for L4D2 and pretty much all my casual a... : anal justice
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    I disagree. Logitech, MS, and Razer all have wireless mice with >500hz sampling and supposedly rock solid... : wurzle
    • Wrong. 500Hz USB frequency means shit, you can do that with any wireless mouse. The only reasonably well ... : anal justice

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  I just ordered the X6 a few hours ago. Damn. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • Keep it, you will love the hell out of it. Also, you aren't an octopus. : Endymion_
• Hah! I've had the X6 for a while now myself, and yeah that volume knob is one of my favourite things abou... : SpaecKow
• I had the X6 for a while until I had to trash it. Some of the keys just needed to be pressed way too ha... : xlarti
• For the past few years I've had my gaming PC hooked up to a DJ mixer channel or a Korg Kaoss Pad, so I've... : the archvile
• I hate button controls for volume; never worked worth a damn on all my Logitechs before I picked up the X... : Memitim
• I remember I used to have a knob thing on my desk for volume that I had my headphones plugged into...and ... : Vorlonesque

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• You have a face, my friend. Use it wisely... : aasyranth
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  I run into problems with G15's. If I hold Right Shift & Arrow Up then try to use Arrow Left (might be ... : Smooth UK
  • I feel for you. :( : comiekazie
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    zomfg people use the arrows? : unholydonuts
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      Well yeah, how else would you look up, down, left, and right in an fps? : Iazu
      • wasd qezxcrfvtgbyhn : sanewave
  • too bad, cause the G11 first generation has perfect 6 character n-key rollover and passes the double shif... : leaked
• FACEROLL! your enemies : alias_
• Actually red october you are mistaken humans have 8 fingers and 2 thumbs :) : wy2k
• im sure u cud easily mash 13 buttons with each palm of your hand. u cud program it so when u whack the... : purekillforce
• In the future, genetically modified gamers may have more than 10 fingers. I guess Microsoft is just think... : angry jellyfish
• Stop using your toes for fapping and put them where they belong: on the keyboard. : pillzer
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  When I was a kid, I used to play plenty of games with 2-3 people on the same keyboard at the same time. ... : Pulveri
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    Holy crap, OMF2097 multiplayer on the same keyboard was fantastic. Good times. : zehh
    • I had totally forgotten that I used to do that! : v7ek
• I play my games by dancing on my keyboard like the Tazmanian devil. : Endymion_

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  yes.. yes it has been for me once. I think it was the Logitech media keyboard that was the problem. Als... : EnderWigginDA
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    As a side note, I wish more devs would test key layout for lefties or people that like to sit the keyboar... : EnderWigginDA
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      I..... I thought I was alone :( I've had games I won't play because the numpad would remap when I hit ... : Chunks
      • You are not alone! As an FPS player, most configs I come across use WASD or RDFG, I have seen people lik... : EnderWigginDA
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  It really seriously is. Back when I used to play WoW, my keyboard would not allow me to jump or fire cer... : mlev
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    Well you weren't getting a big heal off when running in WOW anyway. At best you were getting a hot off. : erebus
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      True. I guess a more applicable use would be kiting something with moonbeam. I remember having issues a... : mlev
      • HEHE I know. I ran for life in some of those fights. I miss the days of healing for unforgiving fights an... : erebus
• Used to happen to me when I played Q3 all the time. Man, thats one game you don't want to miss a button p... : rick
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  Yes, and previous iterations of the Sidewinder had MAJOR ghosting issues. As in, more than three buttons ... : Rooster Cockburn
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    The X6? Have they revised it, because I need to cancel my order if they're still making broken keyboards... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • Yes, the X6. Detachable number pad, giant volume control. I don't know if they revised it, I got one of t... : Rooster Cockburn
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  Back in the day when we played 2 player "One Must Fall" on one keyboard it was a major issue! : imperator
  • Micro Machines 2! 3 people on one keyboard FTW. Back then one of my friend have found that when pressing ... : pillzer
• It's rare for me, but it *does* happen. I find it most prevalent when using Shift as a modifier key. Nota... : Entity
• Depends on the keyboard, but most definitely yes. : zehh
• Yep, a sign of a good keyboard, for me, is if I'm able to strafe diagonally with RShift pressed as a modi... : speon
• I had this issue a while back with a cheap $10 keyboard I bought. I had to stop using it after basically ... : snot3353
• ive never heard of ghosting with a keyboard either. my first thought was "how does a keyboard prevent gho... : jarek99

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• I'm guessing that MS went with matte plastic. I liked the rubber texture on the Lycosa, though I've wo... : the archvile
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  I like the texture, but even if I didn't that's the least of the Lycosa's problems. I RMA'd one for fa... : lunarbunny
  • Damn, I'm sorry to hear that. I've worked the shit out of my Lycosa and it's been really good to me. : Rooster Cockburn
  • I had issues with the backlight not working consistently. The Lycosa was garbage. I replaced it with an A... : Serpico74
• Yeah how is this thing even different than the Lycosa, just looks like a rebranded one. : TabsAZ
• Get the Mirror edition, i have it and i think its the perfect keyboard :) : Longgshot
• its especially annoying when the rubbery texture start wearing off : Frush81

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  Actually that works : The Future
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    Good for them. I just can't take seriously anything from Microsoft when PC gaming is concerned. The way I... : te[R]ror
    • Any USB keyboard works on the 360. : The Future
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      Microsoft's peripherals division has done far more good for PC gaming than the Games for Windows or Micro... : the archvile
      • Their joysticks/gamepads were AWESOME, best I ever used : losimagic

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• Signed, and at least the home block isn't rotated 90°, or some other silliness. : speon

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• That'd basically be god's gift to keyboards. : Entity

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  I thought my Model M sucked for gaming, but I miss it in every other way. : SiW.
  • This model M I'm using now has a painfully long throw compared to a modern apple keyboard or even a g15 b... : dafugg
• Buckling spring is where it's at. : swimteampie

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  ...and adjustable backlighting. : Anastomosis
  • What about the LEDs, though? I hope their light is also adjustable. : anal justice
• Some games are definitely best played in the dark! I've got a Saitek Eclipse, I actually really like the... : duffman03
• At least they aren't blue. That would hurt. : mercenarysg

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  The Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 has everything back in the right place and also has the upshot (or do... : three-d
  • Well, almost everything back in the right place; they still put the 6 on the left, which is incorrect, as... : the archvile
• that's the reason i still use this old grimey logitech piece of shit keyboard at home. it atleast has the... : synapse19

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• ya me too actually. looks fairly simple and clean. : flasher 907

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• FREE FHQWHGADSHGNSDHJSDBKHSDABKFABKVEYBVF : the archvile

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• It took this long because it's expensive to do it right, and until recently, keyboards were just a cheap ... : the archvile