Originally posted by: dwango
Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete
MX500.
I'd say MX700 but I've seen several people say something along the lines of "OMG my m0use bats a43 g0ing d34d!11" (Translation: Oh my, my mouse batteries are almost dead). while playing CS . They complain that response gets sluggish when the batteries are low.
MX700 is also gonna cost you more.
I'll bet half of the people that say that don't actually have a cordless mouse. It's just the new fad excuse for sucking.
Originally posted by: lameaway
Anyone used the Logitech Dual Optical?
Originally posted by: Pugchucker
Unfortunately, the best gaming mouse evar is not available new anymore. The Logitech Wingman Gaming Mouse with three buttons. You can try to find one used on egay or something. That isthe only mouse I use. I have tried all the others that people recommend here and they all wind up in the drawer.
but the MX500\700s extra buttons would be nice in CS or any other FPS.
I'll bet half of the people that say that don't actually have a cordless mouse. It's just the new fad excuse for sucking.
Originally posted by: chocobaR
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0
Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete
but the MX500\700s extra buttons would be nice in CS or any other FPS.
Yea the extra buttons are great for games. In CS I have Mouse4 set to Show Scores and Mouse5 set up to a toggle crouch script I made.
EDIT: Whatever you do just don't install the mouse software. That screws up the extra buttons in games.
I'll bet half of the people that say that don't actually have a cordless mouse. It's just the new fad excuse for sucking.
LoL! Yea that's probably true for some.
Only thing I'm worried about are the little plastic (rubber?) pads on the bottom of my mx500. They are wearing out on this RatpadzGS mousepad.
Originally posted by: neilm
MS Intellimouse Explorer 3.0a is the best I've used so far, I'm a regular HLDM/AGmod player.
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: neilm
MS Intellimouse Explorer 3.0a is the best I've used so far, I'm a regular HLDM/AGmod player.
you need to try a mx500
Wrong number
I recently took possession of a new IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 mouse from AusPC Market and was wondering why it doesn't seem to have improved sensitivity over my old original Explorer. I more or less bought the new mouse because of its advertised improved resolution, which I thought would translate into more accurate and sensitive mouse control when working with graphics, etc. For all intents and purposes, it really doesn't seem any different from my old Explorer.
Have I misinterpreted or misunderstood the quoted higher resolution that this mouse is supposed to be capable of? I also have a Logitech iFeel Mouse which I used for a while and found it to be capable of very sensitive and accurate movement. However, due to its small size in relation to the size of my hand, I resorted back to my trusty original Explorer. That's when I noticed the particularly coarse resolution of this mouse compared to the Logitech.
Mal
Answer:
You've mistaken a higher imaging rate for higher resolution. The IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 (reviewed here), like other third-generation-sensor Microsoft optical mouses, has an increased sensor imaging rate - 6000 images per second, versus 2000 from the second-generation sensor and only 1500 from the first generation one. But its resolution remains the same - 400 counts per inch. So the maximum sensitivity you can possibly set it to without skipping over more than one pixel at a time somewhere is 400 screen pixels per inch of mouse mat, not including "acceleration".
400dpi sensitivity is plenty for most purposes, but it's not good enough for 3D gamers who play with a very high mouse speed setting and want accurate aim for sniping. Then, the granularity of a 400dpi mouse's response is too large, and an 800dpi mouse (like a current-model Logitech optical) will probably be better.
The same can apply for people like you using graphics software, if you use a pretty high mouse speed and/or run a pretty high screen resolution, which isn't hard to do. 1280 by 960 at 400dpi mouse sensitivity requires 3.2 by 2.4 inches of mouse mat, and most experienced computer users with reasonable manual dexterity prefer something closer to 2 by 1.5 inches of mouse movement to cover the whole screen.
The high imaging rate of the third generation Microsoft mouses means they won't skip even if you move them very quickly; this is another feature that's more interesting to gamers than it is to the rest of the world. The current Logitechs have a higher imaging rate than the current Microsofts, too, but the Microsoft sensor's 6000 images per second is quite fast enough already, so that doesn't matter.
A more powerful optical senor offers better accuracy, and this 800dpi sensor is more than twice as powerful as optical sensors that were featured on the standard optical mice that first came out.
And Logitech?s claim of an image processing power of 4.7 mega pixels a second offers the highest mega pixels of surface tracking information per second than any of its previous mice.
Also, the tracking speed of 40 inches/second this MX500 is capable of is even better than Microsoft?s IntelliMouse Explorer?s 37 inches/second.
All this adds up to this MX500 mouse having one of the best tracking speed and accuracy of any mice on the market today, meaning that the cursor will always land where you want it, and will not get ?lost? during those quick hand movements you make when you?re enjoying your Quake 3/UT sessions.