Steelseries Intellimouse 3.0?

[Gizmo j]

Does the Steelseries version of the Intellimouse 3.0 use the same sensor as the Microsoft one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mod-Black-M...ies-/140898981531?pt=Mice&hash=item20ce3bd69b

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Microso...ack-/111055814476?pt=Mice&hash=item19db713f4c

 

[JEDIYoda]

That particular mouse is the best mouse in existence! I cannot praise this mouse any more than mere words could describe this on the world stage of gaming!! This mouse is a freaking religious experience, a Zen moment if you will, a soul cleansing moment!
This mouse is one fantastic moving experience!!

 

[Gizmo j]

That particular mouse is the best mouse in existence! I cannot praise this mouse any more than mere words could describe this on the world stage of gaming!! This mouse is a freaking religious experience, a Zen moment if you will, a soul cleansing moment!
This mouse is one fantastic moving experience!!

I know that its a good mouse....what I'm asking is does the Steelseries version has the same sensor as the Microsoft version.

 

[DigDog]

from the description on eBay, no, it doesnt - it uses the casing from the intellimouse and the sensor from a steelseries.

 

[BrightCandle]

Since steel series don't do a single flawless mouse its fair to say this is not what you are looking for.

 

[Wall Street]

That mouse uses the same sensor as the Microsoft model. The "Steelseries mod" is just a paint job and mouse feet.

 

[DigDog]

you might want to have a chat with the poster then, as he claims his sensor does far better than the 125hz, 400dpi of the intellimouse.

 

[Boondox]

I remember that Microsoft has tried before with Razer. Hopefully this mouse is far better than the Habu ever was.

 

[futurefields]

These are just Intellimouse 3.0 with a custom paintjob. So, only 400dpi. Which makes them almost useless if you are on 1080p in my opinion.

Intellimouse 1.1 and 3.0 got popular when games were played on 800x600 and 1024x768 resolution. To get similar performance on a 1080p monitor you should look for a mouse with 800-1000dpi.

 

[DigDog]

wah?

what does a monitor's resolution have to do with the sensitivity of your mouse?

 

[Wall Street]

wah?

what does a monitor's resolution have to do with the sensitivity of your mouse?

For FPS games nothing. For games with a cursor (RTS, MMO, MOBA) the cursor moves one pixel per count by default in windows. Back when 640x480 resolution was the standard, most mice were 200 DPI. This resulted in a little over 3 inches (200 x 3.2 = 640) to move from one side of the screen to the other. After that people used 400 DPI mice at 1024 resolution resulting in 1024 / 400 = 2.56 inches to move from side to side. Now the screen tends to be 1920 pixels wide. So 1920 pixels / 800 DPI results in 2.4 inches to cross from left to right.

 

[finbarqs]

I have the habu and the steel series. I love the habu. Problem with the habu is after a couple of years (3) the scroll wheel dies. Other than that, I think the habu is pretty spectacular.