Component and peripheral manufacturers offer their own software management and control of RGB lighting. Typically, these programs include other features, depending on the manufacturer, such as profile management, fan ramp settings, and other options. We’ll tell you a little about the main management software according to the manufacturer.
There are a few lighting management programs, but they don’t work well in all cases. Manufacturers want us to use their own applications, because they see these tools as an additional service that they provide to the user.
If you don’t want to install any software, Windows 11 includes a lighting management option. This is a fairly recent addition and its capabilities are quite limited. To take advantage of the full lighting capabilities of the components, the manufacturer’s software is still required.
Main software to manage RGB lighting
Let’s see the applications offered by the main manufacturers of components and peripherals in the market. They are:
- iCUE Corsair: offers a very complete lighting management program that allows you to manage the different components and peripherals they offer. In addition, it allows fan management (if we have any) and temperature control.
- ASUS Aura Sync: It is currently the most used program by users that adapts to the components. It allows you to create lighting profiles and ventilation ramps, in addition to viewing the temperature. In some cases, it even allows multiple performance profiles.
- Gigabyte RGB Fusion: In a second step we would have this management program. Although it is quite similar to the previous one, it has some limitations, especially in terms of compatibility with components from other manufacturers. It is quite complete in terms of management options and parameter settings.
- Razer Synapse: We are starting with another software of fairly good quality and that is well optimized. It focuses primarily on its own components and peripherals, although it generally offers good compatibility with third-party elements. The company has put a lot of effort into creating a complete and useful program.
- Logitech G HUB: The management tool of one of the most important device manufacturers on the market could not be missing. One of the most interesting features is the support for Philips Hue. It offers good compatibility with the main motherboard manufacturers on the market.
- Thermaltake TT RGB Plus: Although this program has improved a lot, its operation needs improvement. Allows control and synchronization of devices, as well as system monitoring. The latter aspect does not work very well, on some motherboards it may not read data well.
- CAM NZXT: This is probably the weakest of anything we’ve seen on the market. It works well with NZXT devices, but it doesn’t work as well with third-party devices.
To say that, in general, software from device manufacturers has improved immensely. It works very well and has great compatibility with third-party devices. There may still be a problem, but it is becoming increasingly rare.
Control lighting with Windows 11
A very interesting addition to Windows 11 that has been missing for a long time is RGB lighting management. This tool is quite new and, at the moment, it does not always work as expected. Note that it only allows lighting management, nothing else, such as lighting profiles, macros, fan management, etc.
If you want to try this feature, just follow these steps:
- Go to “Settings” in Windows 11.
- Now go to the “Customization” section.
- Inside you will see the option “Dynamic Lighting” and we enter.
You should know that this option is only accessible if you have activated Windows 11, in our case we cannot use it because we have not activated it.
