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Enabling Hardware Playback Mode on the Corsair Vengeance M90 Performance MMO and RTS Laser Gaming Mouse

If you’ve got an M90 you may have noticed that your profiles don’t work in some games. I explain why and show you how to use “Hardware Playback” on your Corsair Vengeance M90 Performance MMO and RTS Laser Gaming Mouse.

In an effort to prevent cheating most games today are designed to ignore input from third party software applications. This is not a bad thing as I’m sure you’ll all agree as most of those external programs are designed to help people cheat in game (bots, etc.). I’m sure most everyone has experienced this at one time or another. My personal favorite was getting shot out of my helicopter while capping a base in BF3 by a tank from across the map.

The Vengeance® M90 Performance MMO and RTS Laser Gaming Mouse is a great piece of hardware which can help you automate repetitive tasks and take your gaming to a whole new level! But first you need to know how to take advantage of all those extra buttons and the first step to doing that is making profiles. I'm here today to show you how to do just that in a few simple steps! After reading this you'll be on your way to a whole new way of getting things done. =)

Congratulations on your new Corsair Vengeance gaming peripheral! Now that you've got it out of the package the first thing you'll want to do is download and install the latest firmware and software and I'm here to show you how. It's easy to do, and everything you need can be found on the product page for your Vengeance mouse, keyboard, or headset on Corsair.com. I promise you'll find this to be a painless process, that ensures you're up to date with the latest features and bug fixes.

I was recently at QUAKECON 2012 in Dallas and while I was there I noticed a lot of people playing a new MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) called SMITE. So I decided to get my very own Beta Key and give it a try. Gameplay in SMITE is challenging, fast paced, and a lot of fun!  I also found that, while they’ve done a great job laying out the keyboard, your gameplay can be greatly enhanced with the creation of a few simple macros.  The perfect venue to show off some of the capabilities of the Vengeance M90 Laser Gaming Mouse!  ;-)

The newly announced 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family is their next generation of 64-bit, multi-core processors built on 22-nanometer process technology. Ivy Bridge is the successors to the Sandy Bridge processor family, and should become available to purchase at retail on April 29, 2012. The new Ivy Bridge processor offerings are the Intel Core i7-3770K, Intel Core i7-3770, Intel Core i7-3770S, Intel Core i7-3770T, Intel Core i5- 3570K, Intel Core i5-3550, Intel Core i5-3550S, Intel Core i5-3570T, Intel Core i5-3450, and Intel Core i5-3450S Processors.

Corsair Vengeance DDR3 memory in an Ivy Bridge test rig

Intel always manages to assign some interesting code names to their chipsets and to their processors. For example, their two latest enthusiast product announcements are code named Panther Point (chipset) and Ivy Bridge (CPU). Although our corresponding secretive code names aren't secret, it's always great fun to use some Vengeance® memory to learn about the new products and of course see how they perform and overclock!

Corsair recently released two types of high performance mice, the Vengeance Gaming Series M60 and M90. The performance and features of both mice can be customized with the Vengeance Gaming Software. Below, you will find a screencast which covers all the basic functionality and options of the software. If you are wondering what features are available, and want some pointers on how to use the software, take a look!

Our Vengeance K90 keyboard is intended to compliment MMO and RTS type games, and includes some software which will allow you to configure some of the K90 keyboard's options, along with programming custom macros.  Below you will find a screencast which gives a general overview of the software and explains some of the features.  If you are wondering what type of capabilities the K90 has, or would like to get better acquainted with the software, have a look below!

I have recently put together a screencast to help illustrate the features and use of our Vengeance 1500 Gaming software which works with both our Vengeance 1500 headset as well as the older HS1.  If you are wondering what options are available in the software, or just want some general information regarding all the features then this screencast is just what you are looking for!

When it comes to choosing the right memory for your system there are three main factors to consider regarding performance. These factors are memory frequency, latency and density. This presentation will briefly go over these performance factors and also explain Intel® XMP (Extreme Memory Profile). With XMP the days of trial and error memory overclocking are gone. XMP allows guaranteed overclocked memory performance to be enabled with the “flick of a switch”, while still allowing expert users the option of manual configuration and tweaks, beyond the officially tested and guaranteed overclocked settings.

Click the picture below to launch the presentation: