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The Embarrassing Lifespan of Razer Synapse 3

  • April 21, 2025
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ChuckleBerryFin

Now that they are pushing Synapse 4, I've been having even more issues than ever before.

Every time I try and use Synapse 4, it still saps a massive amount of cpu and ram. My AIO not reading temps like in 3, the PWM auto curve doesn't work in 3, but it does in 4 however when I interact with the UI it just goes blank preventing me from actually tuning it. Studio rearranges my layout and overlaps objects. Ambient awareness not reading rotation on devices. And much more...

Going back to 3.0 after digging for a download link on their official website

MSI mystic light stopped syncing months ago and now my g.skill trident z no longer syncs.

I feel like they're deliberately making 3.0 worse just to push 4 even though Synapse 4 is 10x buggier and eats resources like a starving leech on a fat man's belly.

Every single time I search for opinions on any version of Synapse at any point in time, I'm met with how much people hate it and how buggy it has always been. The most consistent way to “solve it” has been people saying to just uninstall. Like how embarrassing, dude.

My rig consists of mostly razer parts, from the motherboard, to the chassis, to accessories even light bulbs. And I'm met with the worst rgb software known to man. Slow, clunky, buggy, embarrassing mess of a software.

I have done absolutely every troubleshooting step out there, I even have a fresh install of windows now. Still having so many issues.

Who's idea was it to hear about how terrible Synapse 3 is, and decide “let's make another but worse” seriously!? I'd actually have more hope if the entire team got fired and hired new people to build it from the ground up. Until then, I'm stuck with this hot garbage.

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GMdoghunter666

Well said,honestly i am like you here most of my peripherals are Razer.

There hardware i really like,it is pretty solid for the most part.

I like the way the cloud sync works as for example you uninstall synapse and reinstall all your devices the rgb comes back to life.

But and here comes the but.

Synapse 3 was bearable to use,still a bugy mess but really Razer synapse 4 should be in the trashcan it’s god damn awful it’s like Bugs on steroids.

You’ve had plenty of time to fix your software,DO IT.

Even a 2 year old could write software better than this.

It just lets your hardware down in a really big way.

I do like my razer products over many manufacturers but just can’t bear the software it kills it completely.