Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac vs Velocifire Virtual 87
Get the Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac for hall effect. Get the Velocifire Virtual 87 for screw-in stabilizers.
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Which one should you get?
Get the
Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac
Hall effect
Build quality in the top 25% of 65% boards under $300.
- Magnetic switches only. Standard MX switches will not fit.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
- No ISO layout. ISO-DE, UK, and other ISO variants are not offered.
- 65% layout. No function row and no numpad.
Get the
Velocifire Virtual 87
Screw-in stabilizers
Build quality in the top 10% of 80% boards at any price.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
- No numpad.
The differences that matter
Skip the 40-row spec sheet. These are the specs that change how each board feels, sounds, and fits your desk.
Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac
Velocifire Virtual 87
Layout size
65%
80%
Hall effect (magnetic)
Yes
No
Adjustable actuation helps in games and not in normal typing
Connection
Wired
Bluetooth, Wired
Wireless for several devices and wired for lower latency
Layout standard
ANSI
ANSI, ISO
ISO and JIS exist so regional layouts fit
Screw-in stabilizers
No
Yes
Easier to tune than the plate-mount stabs you get prebuilt
- Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac
- Velocifire Virtual 87
- Performance
- 8272
- Build quality
- 7782
- Productivity
- 6577
- Customizability
- 8291
- Portability
- 7370
- Hot-swappable
- Case material: Aluminum
- Mount style: Gasket Mount
- QMK
- VIA
- Plate material: FR4
Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac vs Velocifire Virtual 87 specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
8 of 22 specs differ
Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac
Velocifire Virtual 87
Hall effect (magnetic)
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Connection
Max polling rate
Battery
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Weight
Typing angle
Backlight
QMK
VIA
N-key rollover
Released
ISO layouts by store
Which stores sell ISO-DE, UK, and the other regional layouts.
Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac
No ISO layout at the stores we track.
Velocifire Virtual 87
Listed on the product, not split by store: ISO.
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