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Turtle Beach Vulcan II XP Review: Clicky Compromise

Turtle Beach is no stranger to competitive-grade gaming keyboards. In recent years, it has focused on its mid- to high-tier Vulcan range, with the Vulcan II XP as its newest entry.

Turtle Beach 对于竞技级游戏键盘并不陌生。近年来，该公司专注于其中高端 Vulcan 系列，而 Vulcan II XP 则是其最新的产品。

It has a lot going for it—Titan HS mechanical switches, easy modification and customization options, and a suite of pro-tier gaming features available through its support software. However, while it arrives as a full-size keyboard (NumPad included!), a series of trade-offs and compromises ultimately make it feel very middle-of-the-pack.

它有很多优点——Titan HS 机械轴、简便的改装和自定义选项，以及通过其配套软件提供的全套专业级游戏功能。然而，尽管它是一款全尺寸键盘（包含数字小键盘！），但一系列的权衡和妥协最终使其感觉非常平庸。

Measuring 462 x 153 x 32 millimeters, it looks undeniably sharp thanks to its low profile and floating-key approach, all sitting atop a premium brushed-aluminum top plate. Unfortunately, the first compromise is the disappointing underside: a cheap-feeling basic plastic shell basin. Thankfully, the legs feel sturdy when popped up, adding around 10 mm in height and a comfortable angle to the board.

其尺寸为 462 x 153 x 32 毫米，得益于其低平的外形和悬浮键帽设计，以及顶部的优质拉丝铝板，外观无疑非常犀利。遗憾的是，第一个妥协之处在于令人失望的底部：一种廉价感十足的基础塑料外壳底座。好在支架撑起时感觉很稳固，增加了约 10 毫米的高度，为键盘提供了舒适的角度。

I also like the included soft foam wrist rest, which snaps to the front underside and adds nice support when gaming or typing. It’s not memory foam, though, so I fear it might lose some of that cushion over time. The Vulcan also has integrated media controls on the top right with back, play/pause, and forward buttons, plus a media wheel with a push-to-mute feature.

我也喜欢随附的软泡沫腕托，它可以扣在底部前方，在游戏或打字时提供良好的支撑。不过它并非记忆棉材质，所以我担心随着时间的推移，它可能会失去一些缓冲性能。Vulcan 的右上角还集成了媒体控制功能，包括后退、播放/暂停和前进按钮，以及一个带有按压静音功能的媒体滚轮。

It’s a $150 wired-only device (Turtle Beach is launching a wireless version, the Vulcan II XP Air for an extra $50) that connects via a detachable 1.8-meter USB-C to USB-A cord. A physical connection means zero input latency, which competitive gamers will benefit from.

这是一款售价 150 美元的有线设备（Turtle Beach 即将推出无线版本 Vulcan II XP Air，需额外支付 50 美元），通过一根可拆卸的 1.8 米 USB-C 转 USB-A 线缆连接。物理连接意味着零输入延迟，竞技游戏玩家将从中受益。

Swarm Mode

Swarm 模式

The corded approach does make the Vulcan II XP a breeze to set up. Plug it into a Windows PC, and that’s it. But you’ll need Turtle Beach’s Swarm II app to get the most out of it, especially given that the default RGB lighting is a blinding rainbow cascade.

有线连接方式确实让 Vulcan II XP 的设置变得轻而易举。插入 Windows PC 即可使用。但你需要 Turtle Beach 的 Swarm II 应用程序才能充分利用它，尤其是考虑到默认的 RGB 灯效是刺眼的彩虹瀑布效果。

Swarm II brings out the best in this keyboard. Visually, it offers 10 built-in customizable light effects—you can adjust brightness, pattern speed, and colors for some templates. They’re pretty gimmicky—especially the Snake one—but it makes for a fun showcase. What’s cooler is that you can adjust every LED, perfect for the 11th “custom” slot where you can choose colors, speed, and one of six patterns. You can turn the LEDs off entirely, but only through the app.

Swarm II 激发了这款键盘的最佳性能。在视觉上，它提供了 10 种内置的可自定义灯效——你可以调整某些模板的亮度、模式速度和颜色。它们相当花哨——尤其是贪吃蛇模式——但作为展示非常有趣。更酷的是，你可以调整每一个 LED 灯，这非常适合第 11 个“自定义”插槽，你可以在其中选择颜色、速度和六种模式之一。你可以完全关闭 LED 灯，但只能通过应用程序操作。

Beyond the eye candy, Turtle Beach packs in an impressive slate of features. You can remap inputs down to the individual key and store those configurations as one of five onboard profiles—perfect if you want layouts tailored to specific games, or a more work-oriented profile.

除了这些视觉效果，Turtle Beach 还内置了一系列令人印象深刻的功能。你可以将输入重新映射到单个按键，并将这些配置存储为五个板载配置文件之一——如果你想要针对特定游戏定制布局，或者想要更偏向工作的配置文件，这非常完美。

Critical to the keyboard’s gaming credentials, it includes a macro manager that lets you create custom inputs and command combos, down to how many milliseconds of input it should take before activating a keypress. It supports dozens of popular games by default, from competitive favorites like Counter-Strike and Overwatch to single-player epics like Skyrim, which have popular modding scenes and can benefit from bespoke controls. It even has presets for office apps and Photoshop, adding to the Vulcan’s overall versatility. You can easily import new layouts, too.

对于键盘的游戏性能至关重要的一点是，它包含一个宏管理器，允许你创建自定义输入和命令组合，甚至可以精确到激活按键前需要多少毫秒的输入延迟。它默认支持数十款热门游戏，从《反恐精英》和《守望先锋》等竞技类热门游戏，到《天际》等拥有流行模组社区并能从定制控制中受益的单机史诗大作。它甚至为办公应用程序和 Photoshop 提供了预设，增加了 Vulcan 的整体多功能性。你也可以轻松导入新的布局。

Touch Typing

触控打字

I’ve been testing the version with linear switches—Turtle Beach also offers a model with tactile switches, both available in black or white. If you’re new to mechanical keyboards, the main difference is that linear keys press all the way down smoothly, while tactile ones have a little “bump” of resistance as the internal switch activates, which you can feel as the keystroke registers. It’s ultimately personal preference.

我测试的是线性轴版本——Turtle Beach 也提供段落轴型号，两者均有黑色和白色可选。如果你是机械键盘新手，主要的区别在于线性轴按键可以平滑地按到底，而段落轴在内部开关激活时会有一个小的“阻力点”，你可以在按键触发时感觉到它。这最终取决于个人喜好。

For the most part, this is a joy to type on, with precise spacing between keys, and the keys themselves having a satisfying “clackiness” when fully pressed. The only small issue is that the factory-lubed linear keys are so smooth and silent until you get that clack as they hit the base, that it’s easy to accidentally long-press a key. Until you’re used to that, it can catch you off-guard—not an issue when typing, where the worst is an errant stretch of letters whennnnnnnn pausing to think mid-sentence, but it tripped me up a couple of times in games until I was used to it.

在大多数情况下，用它打字是一种享受，按键间距精准，按键本身在完全按下时有一种令人满意的“咔哒”声。唯一的小问题是，出厂润滑的线性轴按键非常顺滑且安静，直到它们触底发出咔哒声，这很容易导致意外长按。在你习惯之前，这可能会让你措手不及——在打字时这不是问题，最坏的情况也就是在句子中间停顿思考时出现一串多余的字母，但在游戏中，在我习惯之前，它确实让我失误了几次。

Unfortunately, unlike Turtle Beach’s earlier Vulcan II TKL Pro, the keys here aren’t Hall effect, but they are hot-swappable—another trade-off, exchanging long-term reliability and accuracy for the ability to replace or upgrade keys easily. The board supports three-pin or five-pin mechanical switch keys and makes swapping them easy. The flat keycaps also pop off without trouble, which makes cleaning simple. Turtle Beach claims the switches last 50 million keystrokes, which should be plenty, but only a third of the TKL Pro’s 150 million.

遗憾的是，与 Turtle Beach 早期的 Vulcan II TKL Pro 不同，这里的按键不是霍尔效应轴，但它们支持热插拔——这是另一种权衡，用长期的可靠性和精度换取了轻松更换或升级按键的能力。该键盘支持三脚或五脚机械轴，更换起来非常容易。扁平的键帽也可以轻松取下，这使得清洁变得简单。Turtle Beach 声称这些轴体的使用寿命为 5000 万次敲击，这应该足够了，但仅为 TKL Pro 1.5 亿次寿命的三分之一。

In gaming, the Vulcan II XP offers a 1,000-Hz polling rate for a 1-millisecond response time, which is competition-grade but falls short of the higher-end 8,000-Hz keyboards on the market. Hopping back to Swarm II, you can activate its more advanced features, like Easy-Shift, allowing for key duplication—basically putting commonly used features within easier reach—and ReacTap, assigning two commands to the same key, useful for games that require very swift inputs. (This might be banned in some competitive scenes under automation rules, though.)

在游戏中，Vulcan II XP 提供 1,000Hz 的轮询率，响应时间为 1 毫秒，这属于竞技级，但不及市场上更高端的 8,000Hz 键盘。回到 Swarm II，你可以激活其更高级的功能，例如 Easy-Shift（允许按键复制，基本上让常用功能更容易触达）和 ReacTap（将两个命令分配给同一个按键，对于需要非常快速输入的游戏很有用）。（不过，在某些竞技场景下，根据自动化规则，这可能会被禁止。）

These features can be a little fiddly to set up and map, but with a little experimentation, you can build layouts and input fields that work exactly as you want or need. I tailored a bunch of controls for Borderlands 3 and was dropping Psychos like never before. A minor annoyance, though: Reverting a specific input while trying to create a custom setup would sometime

这些功能的设置和映射可能会有些繁琐，但经过一番尝试，你可以构建出完全符合你意愿或需求的布局和输入区域。我为《无主之地 3》定制了一系列控制方案，击杀疯子的效率前所未有。不过有一个小烦恼：在尝试创建自定义设置时，撤销特定输入有时会……