Application Software
Application & Control Software
Corsair provides iCUE software to control their RGB keyboards, headsets, and mice. In the settings tab, you can select the polling rate and brightness. You can also update the mouse’s firmware here, and that’s what the app suggested after I plugged the mouse into the USB port. You can set up profiles for the unit as well. In the “Actions” tab, you can assign macros and other activities. Action assignments can consist of macros, text pasting, media control, shortcuts, timer countdowns, profile switching, and more.
The buttons can also be remapped to specific keys or even to other mouse buttons. Next up is the “Lighting” tab, where you can set up the RGB LEDs, including the “Lighting Link”, which allows synchronizing effects between other pieces of Corsair gear you own. DPI is the next tab to visit. Here, you can set the steps for the DPI selection button. “Performance” is the next tab in iCUE software. You can enable/disable “Pointer precision” and “Angle snapping” here, and also adjust the pointer speed. But that’s not all. There are still two tabs to go. The NIGHTSWORD RGB can utilize iCUE’s Surface Calibration Utility to evaluate the quality of the gaming surface that you’re using, and adjust the sensor accordingly to optimize performance. The NIGHTSWORD RGB is pre-calibrated for the following CORSAIR mouse pads: MM200, MM300, MM350, MM400, MM600, MM800 RGB POLARIS and MM1000.
To calibrate the mouse to a different surface, select Surface Calibration from the menu and drag the gold button in the middle of the screen around your surface in circular motions, at a speed that keeps the needle in the green section until the tool completes. And the last one. The NIGHTSWORD RGB’s smart weight tuning system is integrated into iCUE software, bringing an unprecedented level of depth to weight customization. After selecting the Weight Tuning tab within iCUE, you will see a visualization of the mouse with six weight tuning slots. The slots are unpopulated initially, and the visualization will update as the weights are inserted into the mouse, showing you their current location and weight. The total mouse weight and new center of mass location are updated automatically in real-time, in the bottom pane. Overall, the software is stable and allows for full customization. You can’t go wrong with it, especially that it’s frequently updated.
