That said, you can assign every button on the Abyssus Essential to an action of your choosing: a mouse function, an application launcher, or a macro (a combination of recorded keyboard and mouse functions). This mouse in particular also supports a feature called Mouse Use, which optimizes it for either left- or right-handed players, depending on their dominant hand. The Abyssus is also quite small. Compared to the Deathadder Elite it's both shorter and not as tall, so for folks with larger hands it's perhaps not going to be the most comfortable mouse you'll ever use. The design is still good, but if you like to have a larger mouse then this maybe isn't for you. Bottom line on the Razer Abyssus Essential title=More%20Expert%20Tech%20Roundups&type=articles%2Cvideos&tags=tech-roundup&count=6&columnCount=6&theme=article Since the Abyssus has the same optical infrared sensor as the DeathAdder 3G you get a mouse capable of 3500 DPI at a polling rate of 1000 Hz. What is important about this sensor is that it has very limited prediction and works well on just about any gaming grade mouse mat out there. Under Lighting, you can choose among Breathing, Reactive, Spectrum Cycling, and Static presets, or you can switch off the lighting to save power. If that isn't comprehensive enough, the Advanced Effects tab is where you will find Chroma Studio, but since the Abyssus has only a single lighting zone, everything you do here will apply across the whole mouse. You get a handful of Chroma Studio-exclusive effects (Fire, Ripple, Starlight, Wave), in addition to the option to layer effects atop each other, but that's the extent of the appeal here. The Advanced Effects can get only so advanced on a gaming mouse this basic. The Cost of Millions of Colors

Carlsbad , Calif.– Nov. 10, 2009– Razer™, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-end precision gaming and lifestyle peripherals, today launched the Razer Abyssus™ gaming mouse. By combining simplicity with a state-of-the-art 3.5G 3500dpi infrared sensor, the Razer Abyssus stands ready to frag. In terms of DPI, the Abyssus is a 7200 optical model that proved sufficiently accurate in Apex Legends and Anthem, making the act of taking potshots at enemies from a long distance a breeze. But then again, competitive players will almost certainly want something more responsive. Razer Abyssus Essential – Software and lighting The Performance column lets you select the sensitivity level, ranging from 800dpi to 7,200dpi. From there, you can change the polling rate to 125Hz, 500Hz, or 1,000Hz. (Most users should just leave it at 1,000Hz.) Meanwhile, my index and middle fingers were comfortable enough resting atop the right and left mouse buttons. Better yet, given the symmetrical shape, the Abyssus Essential accommodates the often-neglected base of lefty gamers. In my Razer Basilisk review, I noted that Razer's Synapse 3 software needs some work in one key area. Granted, it's still in beta at the moment of this review, and it's bound to see improvements upon its official release, expected in June. But, as it stands at this writing, Synapse 3 remains incompatible with many other Razer products. If, say, you want to use the Abyssus Essential with an older Razer keyboard, you'll need to install a previous version of Synapse, too.While its own display of RGB is comparatively underwhelming compared to Razer’s other products, it still find a comfortable place in the Chroma ecosystem. What escalates the cost of the Razer Abyssus is the RGB lighting. If you can do without it, the Logitech G Pro is your better option. And if inexpensive RGB is dear to your heart, the Corsair Sabre RGB is another unit to look at. It is rated for up to 10,000dpi sensitivity and bears the same 16.8 million color palette. The one caveat is that the Sabre isn't an ambidextrous design; its wide grip reminds me of the original Xbox "Duke" controller, good for gamers with large hands but clunky for others. The standout feature of the Abyssus V2 are what Razer calls “in-mould rubber side grips.” The textured rubber surface on either side of the mouse provides the best grip I've ever experienced on a budget gaming mouse. In addition to providing a stellar, grippy surface, the side grips are also designed so that there’s a slight indentation that makes for a natural landing spot for your thumb on one side and your fingers on the other. Most ambidextrous mouse are fairly shapeless, but not so with Abyssus V2. It provides comfortable ergonomics with its shape and surface materials.

There's also no grippy areas on the side of the mouse. This may not be an issue to some, but with such solid gaming performance from this mouse, a couple of rubber strips along the edges would have just made it a little nicer to use for long periods. You can find the second highlight on the underside of the Abyssus, snaking around the bottom so a myriad of colours can be seen illuminating your desk. This results in some cool effects, enhanced further once I made the effort to customise it with Razer Chroma.

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The Abyssus Essential is also Razer's first mouse to have Chroma underneath, so you get a neon haze surrounding it being reflected from your mousepad. It's a small touch, but especially if you're a Chroma fan, it looks amazing. The usual Chroma configurations are all available so it'll sync with your other Razer hardware, but this is a design feature I really hope makes it to the next generation of Razer's mice. The Abyssus Essential, therefore, serves a niche of gamers who prefer fewer buttons but must have ostentatious lighting. You get no extra trappings beyond the personalization you can pull off in Razer's Synapse 3 software, such as button-function assignments, performance adjustments, and of course, tweaks to the RGB effects. Software That's in Flux The overall shape of the Abyssus Essential reminds me of the energy sword from Halo. At the front edge, the two mouse buttons are separated by about a half inch of space. The buttons create the sides of a little canyon overlooking a plastic divider, from which the rubber-coated USB cable pokes out the front. EU Declaration of Conformity for Abyssus Lite & Goliathus Mobile Construct Ed. Bundle (RZ83-0273).pdf