RAWM eSports Debuts Nyx60 Gaming Keyboard with Mild-Guided Optical Switches

With an ever-growing collection of Hall impact gaming keyboards to select from, it appears as if e-sports model RAWM has opted for optical change tech for its subsequent keyboard, the Nyx60, which it has introduced will launch on Kickstarter on September 3. The solely different main participant within the PC peripherals market nonetheless counting on optical switches is Razer, and even Razer not too long ago launched the Huntsman V3 HE to enrich its optical keyboard line-up. The RAWM Nyx60‘s present listed MSRP is $199, however it should launch on Kickstarter with an early fowl value of $99 for many who join with a $1 reservation.

RAWM argues that optical change tech offers extra secure actuation detection than magnetic switches and sensors, and it claims to be the primary gaming keyboard to supply “light-guided optical switches in a full aluminium keyboard. It’s currently unclear what, if anything, sets RAWM’s switch tech apart from the prismatic designs we’ve already seen in Wooting and Razer’s switches, but RAWM claims that the optical switch tech will offer 0.01 mm precision for both actuation and rapid trigger, and it says that the optical switches offer other benefits over HE, while offering all of the nifty analogue features, like RT, DKS, SOCD, and Mod Tap.

According to the pre-launch product page for the Nyx60, the light-guided optical switches are responsible for “successfully minimizing the impression of magnetic area and temperature fluctuations on set off alerts, making certain secure and dependable efficiency throughout completely different environments.”

At a basic level, the Nyx60 uses a CNC aluminium frame with a tray mount and four-layers of sound-damping materials, which should reduce negative reverberations, echoes, and a hollow sound profile when bottoming out the switches. The keyboard will feature what appear to be polycarbonate keycaps in a Cherry profile, alongside an 8 kHz polling rate and a 7° typing angle. It also seems to feature the typical 60% layout favored by the likes of Wooting for the 60HE v2, and RAWM is promising to release the Nyx60 as a PCB kit with custom PCB art for custom builds.