Review: Gigabyte Aivia Uranium

Conclusion

Gigabyte's Aivia Uranium is one of the most interesting wireless gaming peripherals we've seen in recent months. In addition to offering a stellar mouse, it includes a Ghost Macro Station that brings a slew of new features to the table.

Armed with a crisp OLED display, the Macro Station performs well and ultimately fulfils its goal of displaying current configuration status, allowing on-the-fly changes to settings, storing macros and profiles, as well as facilitating recharging through a retractable USB cable.

Everything that's there works as intended and there's the added benefit of a shortened wireless transmission between the Macro Station and mouse. However, it's the latter that is the real star of the show, and after a couple of days of use, we couldn't help but wonder how appealing and cost-effective the mouse would be as a standalone wired solution.

And that's the hurdle that serious gamers will find most difficult to overcome. The Aivia Uranium is a well-built, well-featured package, and the mouse really does feel great in use, but it's a hefty price to pay for a wireless solution.

We've had our first taste of high-end Gigabyte mice, yet the Aivia Uranium has ultimately left us itching to get our hands on the Aivia Krypton: a wired mouse that costs less than £50, has an even more precise 8,200 DPI sensor, adjustable weight and an ambidextrous layout.

The Good

Super-accurate sensing
Size and weight is great for large hands
Stylish for a gaming mouse
Easily programmable buttons
Detailed macro-recording facility
Ghost Macro Station brings new tricks to the table

The Bad

Wireless won't be for everyone
No weight adjustment mechanism
Can get warm when charging
Not suited to lefties
Very expensive

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The Gigabyte Aivia Uranium wireless gaming mouse is available to purchase from Scan Computers*.

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