Cougar 450K Gaming Keyboard Review

Software & Illumination
The keyboard will work just fine without any software at all, but if you want to customize anything you will have to download Cougar’s UIX system. We go over Cougar’s UIX system in our video on this product, which you can see below (video will start at the software section).

The UIX software will allow you to completely remap the keyboard. All of the keys on the keyboard can be changed to whatever you want them to be. You can also create macros and set advanced commands for each key like mouse functions or multimedia functions.

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In the Performance section you can set the polling rate, and there are two other options here, but for some reason they are in German, even though we downloaded the English version of the software.

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Finally we have lighting control. The 450K is completely backlit, but only has red, green and yellow colors. There is not per-key illumination, the keys have to be the same color. You can select one of the three colors or select a mode where it cycles between the three colors. You can also set the brightness level and if you want breathing mode turned on.

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We also covered the keyboard illumination in our video above, but here are shots of all three colors at the keyboards highest brightness level. I have to say it is not the best illumination I’ve seen on a keyboard before.

Cougar 450K Gaming Keyboard

Cougar 450K Gaming Keyboard

Cougar 450K Gaming Keyboard

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