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Title: Your favourite mouse
Post by: Laged on July 10, 2008, 07:52:36 AM
The subject tells alot :P

I'd like to know what YOU think about different mice.
I have a Logitech G3, and I'm going to buy a new mouse soon.

Right now my favourite mouse is Razer Deathadder. It looks good in my opinion. My friend has it and I've played with it. I liked it a lot. Also, many reviews (for example http://www.esreality.com/?a=longpost&id=1300293&page=5) say that Deathadder is really good.

Well, that's all, tell me your opinion :)
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: Spook on July 10, 2008, 08:04:38 AM
I used a microsoft Intellimouse for about 6 years and just absolutely loved it, but a few months back it crapped out. After that I bought this Razer Diamond back, and it is a really nice feel too.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: KnacK on July 10, 2008, 09:17:19 AM
I'vegot this combo at the office:

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keyboards/keyboard_mice_combos/devices/140&cl=us,en

I absolutely love the mouse with the zoom controls and forward/back capability.

The biggest plus is its contoured shape.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: Garrett on July 10, 2008, 10:13:07 AM
Logitech G5.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: jitspoe on July 10, 2008, 10:44:36 AM
Razer copperhead.  I'm using the Lachesis now, but it's buggy.  Unfortunately, after getting used to that high of a DPI, it's impossible to go back.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: Laged on July 10, 2008, 11:14:53 AM
Do the drivers of Deathadder work with vista?
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: Gamabunta on July 10, 2008, 11:15:44 AM
Well, I have just bought A4Tech X-750-BF and I'm really pleased. The mouse is cheap and good. If you want something not expensive, look no further than X-718/750 (it's said that the laser [X-750] gets lost sometimes, haven't had this problem yet).
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: ViciouZ on July 10, 2008, 11:30:46 AM
Tesco £5 USB optical mouse.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: T3RR0R15T on July 10, 2008, 11:32:53 AM
Logitech G5.

+1
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: b00nlander on July 10, 2008, 11:33:29 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriones_unguiculatus

had two of these when I was a kid
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: blaa on July 10, 2008, 02:56:42 PM
well, i had a hamster
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: lilb990 on July 10, 2008, 03:04:25 PM
My mouse that i use now is cool its rating is 5 but i dont know all that about it but at 1 point i do know it was ranked like 5 in best selling dont know what its ranked :P but it was really cheap like 25 bucks at best buy pretty good but for an hp mouse if you ask me =D
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: coLa on July 10, 2008, 06:53:53 PM
i use a Razer Copperhead. it's a good mouse. on the fly adjustments, 2000dpi, fits comfortably in my hand, not too heavy.

i may have gotten a defective one, because i had a weird problem from the beginning. it wouldn't "click" sometimes. especially while playing games. it's gotten a bit worse, but i'm just gonna go to a new mouse. probably the G5.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: jitspoe on July 10, 2008, 06:56:21 PM
I had the opposite problem - mine started double clicking.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: coLa on July 10, 2008, 10:30:14 PM
i think mine did that a few times.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: Laged on July 11, 2008, 06:04:52 AM
Has someone had a Razer Copperhead/Logitech G5 AND a Razer Deathadder?
If so, feel free to tell me what do you think about them - which one is better?
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: Cameron on July 11, 2008, 06:55:34 AM
Why do people have different mouses?  Isn't a standard one all you need?  Or do they have an entire keyboard on them now. I've got some Microsoft Wheel Most Optical USB.  Honestly I don't know why it says "Wheel" because it has no wheel... (or dice thing, whatever it is).
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: jitspoe on July 11, 2008, 11:56:42 AM
3 reasons:

1) More precision.
2) More buttons.
3) Comfort.

Standard optical mice have a resolution of 400 DPI (or PPI, if you want to get technical).  That means for every inch you move the mouse, the cursor moves 400 pixels.  My mouse has 4000 DPI.  That's 10x's the precision.  What does that mean?
A) I can adjust the game's sensitivity and be 10x's as accurate with the same mouse movement.
B) I can keep the sensitivity the same and be able to move 10x's as fast with the same accuracy.
C) I can do something in the middle - be able to turn faster and be more precise.

If you've ever played a game where you're trying to put the crosshair on a guy that's like 2 pixels tall, you know useful it is to have more precision.  I'm more of a twitch gamer, so I use a high sensitivity value so I can spin around and shoot people to the side of me or behind me, but if there's somebody off in the distance I need to snipe, I can't easily hit them if my mouse doesn't have much precision.  Back in the day I had to have a bind to adjust my sensitivity when aiming at distant targets because I would literally skip from like 2 pixels to the left of them to 2 pixels to the right and sometimes couldn't actually get my crosshair on the person to hit him.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: y00tz on July 11, 2008, 02:13:56 PM
OCZ Equalizer.

This mouse actually has a little 'rapid fire' button, which burst fires three shots (or triple clicks where I need it to)
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: Gamabunta on July 11, 2008, 02:24:47 PM
It pretty much resembles the one I mentioned.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: Laged on July 11, 2008, 03:04:12 PM
Razer copperhead.  I'm using the Lachesis now, but it's buggy.  Unfortunately, after getting used to that high of a DPI, it's impossible to go back.

What's wrong with the Lachesis?
Also, why copperhead? Many reviews say that Deathadder is way better.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: jitspoe on July 11, 2008, 06:29:31 PM
The Copperhead has more precision than the Deathadder.  I've never used a Deathadder, personally, so I can't say anything good or bad about it. The Lachesis has weird issues where it will randomly fling your mouse cursor across the screen or sometimes one axis will lock, so all of a sudden when you're about to shoot somebody, you're looking at the sky, or you'll suddenly not be able to look up and down even though you can look left and right.  It also behaves terribly on just about any mouse pad.  Works pretty well on my desk, though, and keeps those issues to a minimum.  It's also so sensitive that simply drumming my fingers on the desk can cause the mouse cursor to move around.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: UnRateD on July 13, 2008, 02:53:46 PM
a standard dell mouse.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: kNoC on July 14, 2008, 01:51:48 AM
i loved my old Microsoft optical ps/2 mouse but i have a razer diamondback limited edition mouse, got it off one of the links in this forum here, its real slick, but the design doesn't fit your hand very well, the dell mouse was fatter on top, so your palm fit real nice, this mouse is still kick ass, but takes awhile to get used too.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: Spook on July 14, 2008, 01:15:45 PM
i have a razer diamondback limited edition mouse, got it off one of the links in this forum here, its real slick

I got that one too =]
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: XaneX on July 14, 2008, 06:22:27 PM
i have the Logitech G9.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: Henrod on July 15, 2008, 11:19:02 AM
i have the Logitech G9.
I also use and love this mouse. It has on th fly dpi adjustment, adjustable shape, weight trays with removeable weights, and enough buttons to handle all my looking, zooming, and nading. It is totally customizable for both comfort and preformance.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: Laged on July 15, 2008, 11:19:25 AM
G9 is just too weird for my hand :P
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: XaneX on July 15, 2008, 02:11:04 PM
maybe your hand is to weird for the mouse :P
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: sk89q on July 15, 2008, 04:57:20 PM
Wireless HP mouse.

Horrible. Moving a few pixels accurately is impossible.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: MiZ on July 15, 2008, 05:24:17 PM
Oh your talking about computer mice, I thought you were referring to mice like this- (see below), Anyways I use a plain old dell laser mouse for my computer.I don't have a favorite mouse too.
Title: Re: Your favourite mouse
Post by: kNoC on July 15, 2008, 08:38:47 PM
i had poor wireless keyboard and mouse from walmart before, and i could strafe jump, if i tried to jump and hold q and w at the same time, i would just stop in mid air..

it was some bs, took that sucker back, and hooked up my old WBC keyboard, thing was a beast, if it got sticky, id just spray it off with the hose, let it air dry and plug it back in