Although the use of lighting software isn't anything new, where Razer does attempt to bring something different to its software suite comes in the form of surface calibration. With pre-configured settings for all of Razer's mice and mouse mats, owners can also calibrate their own surfaces to allow better tracking and sensitivity for use with the product.


While this failed to impress when using the mouse mats that where available on-hand, whether or not this provides any benefits with Razer's own branded mouse mats is something that remains to be questioned. Built with a 4G optical sensor the DeathAdder Chroma proved to function well regardless of the surface being tested on.


Something we wasn't to fond about within the Synapse software was a feature called Stats and Heatmaps. Razer promotes this feature as something that's somewhat crucial to the performance and skills of the player when using the mouse, and what this feature essentially does is track how many clicks the player has made and analyze where on-screen they click the most.


As to what improvement this actually makes to the player and the game their playing is also something to be questioned. But in the eyes of the general consumer, we feel it's safe to say "Who actually cares?" The feature is a gimmick at best and by sharing and comparing stats with other users through social media networks, it makes itself appear more gimmicky and questionable.