First there was mechanical keyboards then there was membrane keyboards
Then, we went back to mechanical keyboards
But now we've got optical keyboards
This, is the Zowie Celeritas II from Benq
It's an optical keyboard for the Esport competitor out there, but
Why would you want to choose this?
Stick around for my, quick overview it's TechWizTime
Hey, guys, Jonathan here from TechWizTime, where I create technology tutorials and review videos
In this video in particular I'm going to be looking over the Zowie Celeritas II from Benq
So instead of doing a full blown review here, what I'm going to do, is I'm gonna do a little overview
Of what the Celeritas II actually is
And being an optical keyboard, what sort of benefits you're gonna get
As an Esport competitor
So like I mentioned this is an optical keyboard from Benq it's in their Zowie Esports range, so
That's where you're gonna find this one
One of the keys to this keyboard
See what I did there?
Is it's minimalistic design as you can see here on the front
The Zowie logo is very minimal so it isn't really trying to push its brand out there
Next up I want to talk about the weight of this keyboard, now
This keyboard is not gonna be going anywhere mid-game
It weights in at 1.89 kilograms
Which is roughly 4.1-4.2 pounds
So if you are an Esport competitor that
Might, you know, thrash your keyboard around a little bit then this one is definitely not going to go anywhere with you
One of the points with the optical keyboard here is its low Polling Rate
Now when I say Polling Rate that's the time that it takes for the computer to realize that the keyboard
Has finished pressing that key
In a simplified way
So with a normal Cherry MX keyboard on the USB port you're looking at about five milliseconds for that Polling Rate
However when you move to the Celeritas II Optical keyboard
And using the PS2 adapter
That polling rate is reduced down to 0.03 milliseconds
So if you're looking for accuracy in your key presses
Then this is the keyboard for you
One of the other great things about this is the function keys that are at the top on the F keys there
In particular f9 to f12
Here you can change the real-time response or the RTR Rate of ps2
From either 1x to 4x or 8x
And the beauty of this as well is that it's a hundred percent driverless, so
You don't even need to have the drivers there if you're just pulling it out of a bag and plugging it into a new computer
Literally it's plug and play and away you go
Now, one of the other features of this keyboard in particular is the red backlight
Now it's not rgb it is purely red-only
But one of the features that it does have is for Num lock, Scroll lock, and Caps lock
Yeah, that's right
Those three keys have a white backlight for whenever they are active
So if you're putting the Caps lock key on that will turn white
Same with Num lock or Scroll lock
So that's really handy if you need to know if those keys are on
So one of the advantages of having optical switches in the Celeritas II keyboard
Is that it stops you from, or helps you avoid double presses
One of the common problems with a mechanical keyboard is if dust gets in between the keys
What can happen is that it can stop the keys from being pressed or even introduced a double press
So because this keyboard works on light instead of metal and metal like in a mechanical keyboard
You're not getting that problem there
And one of the other things that I'm going to do quickly is that I'm gonna test the difference between the sound on this Celeritas II
Vs a mechanical Cherry MX Brown keyboard
Just so you can hear the difference yourself
So if you're an Esport competitor and you're looking for something that's low branded
It's got a lot of weight to it so it's not gonna move anywhere
And it's using optical switches
Then this might be in the keyboard for you
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