Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:17 pm
http://www.logitech.com/index.c....D=10715
I decided to start upgrading some peripherals I've been ignoring for a long time... I've used the same mouse, keyboard, and speakers on the last 3 systems I've built.
I have been using 2 basic Microsoft laser mouses... I bought one when they first came out, and purchased the same model again when it died, years later... and I never realized until recently that not all laser mice were the same. Like a digital camera or scanner, mice can be rated by how many dpi they can read.
I always preferred ball mice when it came to FPS's. I could never get the fine movement when zoomed in in 'sniper mode.' That's because I never knew it, but my old Microsoft laser mouse had a low dpi rating.
So I just bought this Logitech G5, and what a difference. It actually has an on-the-fly dpi adjustment thingy, so with a click of a button on the mouse I can set it from middle-dpi from web surfing, to 2000 dpi for playing me some games. In 2000 dpi I can move the cursor from one corner of a 20" screen while only moving the mouse about an inch and a half on the pad. The mouse utilities would also let me customize what the dpi max setting can be, if I decided it was a smidgen too sensitive. For example, I could set it to be 1900 dpi, it I wished.
Another cool attribute is the mouse when can be pivoted side to side, in case you had a large image in a browser window, for example.
But ok, time to go to a movie, so GOOD MOUSE. The end.
I decided to start upgrading some peripherals I've been ignoring for a long time... I've used the same mouse, keyboard, and speakers on the last 3 systems I've built.
I have been using 2 basic Microsoft laser mouses... I bought one when they first came out, and purchased the same model again when it died, years later... and I never realized until recently that not all laser mice were the same. Like a digital camera or scanner, mice can be rated by how many dpi they can read.
I always preferred ball mice when it came to FPS's. I could never get the fine movement when zoomed in in 'sniper mode.' That's because I never knew it, but my old Microsoft laser mouse had a low dpi rating.
So I just bought this Logitech G5, and what a difference. It actually has an on-the-fly dpi adjustment thingy, so with a click of a button on the mouse I can set it from middle-dpi from web surfing, to 2000 dpi for playing me some games. In 2000 dpi I can move the cursor from one corner of a 20" screen while only moving the mouse about an inch and a half on the pad. The mouse utilities would also let me customize what the dpi max setting can be, if I decided it was a smidgen too sensitive. For example, I could set it to be 1900 dpi, it I wished.
Another cool attribute is the mouse when can be pivoted side to side, in case you had a large image in a browser window, for example.
But ok, time to go to a movie, so GOOD MOUSE. The end.