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So the Gigabyte Aivia K8100 is a gaming keyboard, targeted as such at a more enthusiast audience. Through aesthetics and functionality this completely shows off, and then some more. See, the keyboard has things like slide touch sensitive volume control, a GHOST macro engine, anti-ghosting keys and, of course, an ergonomic keystroke design.
Being tagged as a gaming keyboard does come with certain requirements from the end users, as such Gigabyte implemented stuff like built-in keystroke forces at 70 grams, 60 grams and 50 grams, distributed unevenly. Let me show you:
See, the keys that are used the most often in games, are W, A, S, D, SPACE or the arrow keys, these are assigned a 70 grams elastic force. The other way around Tab, Caps-Lock and Shift, plus a few others, come with 50 grams elastic force. And then there's the rest at 60 grams elastic force.
You might have noticed the GHOST theme and implementation, well the GHOST engine is software that allows the end-user to program up to 100 macro sets thanks to some spiffy software which is combined with a huge on-board memory in the keyboard of 4 MB.
The Aivia K8100 measures 490 (L) x 263 (W) 32.8 (H), weighs 1.3 kilograms.
Specifications courtesy of Gigabyte
Gigabyte is proud to launch the first product from its highly anticipated Aivia series AiviaK8100 Gaming Keyboard. Especially designed for gamers, AiviaK8100 is equipped with four major features enhanced ergonomic gaming keystroke keyboard design, GHOST macro engine, 20 anti-ghosting keys, and touch and slide volume control. With these four features, obtaining victory during gaming battles is no sweat.
Enhanced Ergonomic Gaming Keyboard Design
Gigabyte designs worlds 1st gaming keystroke keyboard with three different built-in keystroke forces, 70 grams, 60 grams and 50 grams. Professional gamers are able to intuitionally make accurate commands with these different keystroke forces. Taking into account of mainstream gaming control buttons such as WASD, Ctrl, Space and arrow keys, these most commonly used gaming keys are assigned 70g weight of elastic force. The other keys commonly pressed by the little finger such as Tab, Caps-Lock and Shift buttons are assigned 50 grams to reduce pressure on the finger.
| Interface | USB 2.0 |
| Support OS | Windows 98/2000/ME/XP 32bit Vista/Win7 32/64bit |
| Switch life | 10 million times |
| Travel distance | 3.5+/-0.5mm |
| Travel to peak | 1.0+/-0.05mm |
| Weight | 1300g |
| Operating humidity | 10% to 90 % |
| Dimension | 490(L)* 263(W)*32.8(H) mm |
| Certification | CE, FCC, BSMI, KCC |
| Color | Black, Yellow(USA Layout only) , Red(USA Layout only) |
| Peak force | 50gr, 60gr, 70gr +/- 10% |
| Operating temperature | -5oC to 40oC |
GHOSTMacro Engine
AiviaK8100 Gaming Keyboard comes with Gigabytes GHOSTMacro Engine. It is an incredible macro editing software for the memorized macros to be carried around even if the keyboard is connected to a different computer. For this keyboard, each mode allows for 5 macro keys, 5 modes make up to 25 sets of macros; users can change modes easily with mode button on top left corner of the keyboard. 4M bits onboard memory enables up to 100 programmable macro sets, of which 25 can be stored on the keyboard and launched with hot keys. Gamers are able to switch between pre-defined key or button easily.
20 Anti-Ghosting Keys
Gamers hate it when a command is lost or misread during gaming battles. Gigabyte successfully incorporates 20 anti-ghosting keys to ensure no interference when multiple keys are pressed whereas a standard USB keyboard is limited to about 6 simultaneous buttons. Gamers can press up to 20 simultaneous buttons without the ghosting effect.
