- May 13, 2004
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I got my shiny new Logitech G5 Laser mouse about a week ago. It's shape is the same as the old MX 5xx line, which is good. But I think the mouse is a step backwards from the MX 510 I am now back to using. The G5 is now on its way back to buy.com for a refund.
The G5 has a stange texture for the grip that makes it difficult to hold on to. I found myself fighting just to get it to move the way I wanted it to, as I was constantly losing my grip.
The scroll wheel is raised up, and the click function on the wheel is very difficult to use. It requires far too much force to be usable in games, or even for general desktop mousing.
I found the resolution switching to be highly tempramental. Sometimes it would switch, other times it would simply refuse, particularly while gaming. Since this is what it's supposed to be great for, I found this quite disappointing.
The new driver from Logitech isn't all its barked up to be either. it's quite bloated, and demands to run in the system tray (there's no way to get it out of there if you want the driver's expanded functionality). The USB polling rate switching is no where to be found, and customized button programming is hit or miss when using it in desktop applications.
Anyone else picked up a G5 and have any thoughts?
--Zach
The G5 has a stange texture for the grip that makes it difficult to hold on to. I found myself fighting just to get it to move the way I wanted it to, as I was constantly losing my grip.
The scroll wheel is raised up, and the click function on the wheel is very difficult to use. It requires far too much force to be usable in games, or even for general desktop mousing.
I found the resolution switching to be highly tempramental. Sometimes it would switch, other times it would simply refuse, particularly while gaming. Since this is what it's supposed to be great for, I found this quite disappointing.
The new driver from Logitech isn't all its barked up to be either. it's quite bloated, and demands to run in the system tray (there's no way to get it out of there if you want the driver's expanded functionality). The USB polling rate switching is no where to be found, and customized button programming is hit or miss when using it in desktop applications.
Anyone else picked up a G5 and have any thoughts?
--Zach