HEXUS.review:: XFX Gear Gamepads

[Nick]

XFX, those guys and girls more noted for getting extreme with PCs and producing some top notch graphics cards are making a move into the peripherals market and one of the first bits of kit off the production line is the XFX Gear GamePad.

We test out their wired and wireless flavours, with positive results:

Superbly, XFX have chosen not to call the buttons A or B, or to give them funky colours or little shapes on them. Sticking to the bog standard convention of using simple numbers makes configuring the pad in a game dead easy. All you have to do is look at the pad and you know which button number 8 is as it’s written on it! You see, keeping things simple like this is what manufacturers should do all the time. Setting up and configuring hardware should be a doddle, it shouldn’t be a challenge and XFX have made sure it isn’t.

Check out the full review here.

[iMc]

How much are these likely to cost at retail? Sorry if it's in your article but its late and I didn't spot it .

[Trippledence]

How much are these likely to cost at retail? Sorry if it's in your article but its late and I didn't spot it .

me nether, they look cool but i'm not sure how much i would pay for one.

[Nick]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=226864

£9.39 for the wired version... not bad eh?

[Trippledence]

Not bad at all, is the wirless virsion comming out at a later date.

[iMc]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=226864

£9.39 for the wired version... not bad eh?

Bargainous! I reckon the wireless version shouldn't be more than £25 then. Probably less.

May get one when I got some spare cash. Look decent enough for a tenner.

[Nick]

I think the wireless version will be around the £20 mark but I'm not certain. I'm waiting on the XFX dudes to get back to me with definite prices for these as well as the headset too.

I have pestered but I know they're VERY busy with their quarter end stuff... but they will get back to us, don't worry.