You can access the built in controls by holding the DPI button down for a few seconds, allowing you to navigate a menu displayed on the OLED screen using the mousewheel, clicking the mousewheel acts as confirm/OK, while the DPI button acts like a back button. This will allow you to change settings and profiles on the fly.

For full convenience, you will need to download and install the SteelSeries Engine 3; at least on your main system (if you have more than one). The SteelSeries Engine 3, like the other leading brands, is well laid out and easy to use unified software driver that will update the firmware and software as required for your device. You will find various standard settings such as a selection of DPI/CPI toggle settings, angle snap, polling rate and acceleration options. Here you will also be able to program each individual button, as well as adjust the lighting and vibration effects. The macro recorder is easy to understand and use, fully registering mouse and keyboard activity. The OLED screen has a bitmap editor which you can directly write on manually in black or white to make your own creations, or you can compress and resize existing GIFs or images to upload to the screen.

The Rival 700 also supports game sense, most notably with DOTA 2 and CS:GO where you can customise various in-game parameters and events for certain effects including the use of the OLED screen, lighting and the tactile vibration.











RGB lighting is fairly standard with 2 lighting zones for the mousewheel and rear logo in variety of effects you see with SteelSeries products, including the colourshift mode.