Upon taking the Roccat Kova out of the box we are met with a very sleek looking gaming mouse. The design is actually based around a sports car, the Lamborghini and you can see the shapes and visual aesthetics characterize this quite accurately. Looking down the Kova from the front you can see there is slim-line gaps for the LED’s, almost looking like headlights from a car. On the right hand button of the Kova there is a nice imprint of the Roccat logo but most prominent from this view is the large scrolling wheel. This is coated for maximum grip and comfort.
Looking down the front of the Kova
Moving to the sides, the left and right side are almost identical except for the Roccat impressed logo. There reason that the Kova is indistinguishable on both sides is that this gaming mouse is designed for left and right handed gamers. A novel idea, as I’m sure there are many left handed gamers out there that feel they are being left out. So, with the mouse being designed in this way – there are two buttons on each side rather than just the left as tradition would have it. Again, similar to the front there are small outlets on the rear of the Kova to illuminate the back of the mouse and the gaming pad you would use. Perhaps these are the tail lights?
The left side of the Kova, with Griptech material and double buttons
Identical to the left side of the Kova, although on this side we have the engraved logo of ROCCAT
We now move on to the underside of the Roccat Kova and as standard there are cushioned feet to encourage decent traction as well as a bar code with the words written: Designed at ROCCAT Studios, Hamburg, Germany. Made in Malaysia. It’s interesting to note that Roccat have chosen to integrate an optical sensor rather than the trend in recent times to produce gaming mice with laser sensors. You can read all about the differences between optical and laser mice here. It seems strange to have a preference towards producing an optical gaming mouse rather than a laser, when the advantages in accuracy and usability mark the laser mouse out as a better option. This by the way isn’t to say that optical mice are inferior, as we will see with the Kova – the DPI setting allows us to increase the sensitivity all the way up to 3200 DPI.
The underside of the Kova
Lastly the USB cable has been shaped similarly as the mouse in the shape of the Lamborghini. What’s more, upon plugging this USB into our computer we will not need any drivers as the Roccat Kova comes completely driverless. Surely a benefit in these days were drivers are essential to get your kit going.
The car shaped USB lead
So we’ve seen the Roccat Kova is a looker, but how will it perform when we put it into its true environment?
Looking down the front of the Kova
Moving to the sides, the left and right side are almost identical except for the Roccat impressed logo. There reason that the Kova is indistinguishable on both sides is that this gaming mouse is designed for left and right handed gamers. A novel idea, as I’m sure there are many left handed gamers out there that feel they are being left out. So, with the mouse being designed in this way – there are two buttons on each side rather than just the left as tradition would have it. Again, similar to the front there are small outlets on the rear of the Kova to illuminate the back of the mouse and the gaming pad you would use. Perhaps these are the tail lights?
The left side of the Kova, with Griptech material and double buttons
Identical to the left side of the Kova, although on this side we have the engraved logo of ROCCAT
We now move on to the underside of the Roccat Kova and as standard there are cushioned feet to encourage decent traction as well as a bar code with the words written: Designed at ROCCAT Studios, Hamburg, Germany. Made in Malaysia. It’s interesting to note that Roccat have chosen to integrate an optical sensor rather than the trend in recent times to produce gaming mice with laser sensors. You can read all about the differences between optical and laser mice here. It seems strange to have a preference towards producing an optical gaming mouse rather than a laser, when the advantages in accuracy and usability mark the laser mouse out as a better option. This by the way isn’t to say that optical mice are inferior, as we will see with the Kova – the DPI setting allows us to increase the sensitivity all the way up to 3200 DPI.
The underside of the Kova
Lastly the USB cable has been shaped similarly as the mouse in the shape of the Lamborghini. What’s more, upon plugging this USB into our computer we will not need any drivers as the Roccat Kova comes completely driverless. Surely a benefit in these days were drivers are essential to get your kit going.
The car shaped USB lead
So we’ve seen the Roccat Kova is a looker, but how will it perform when we put it into its true environment?
