Best mousepad for g9x ?

[jorgex41]

I need a hard mousepad for my g9x (high dpi) and this are the options that I have in my country:

Razer vespula,Razer destructor,Razer exactmat,Steelseries 9hd,Steelseries steelpad SP, SHARKOON 1337,Roccat sota, Roccat raivo,Zowie swift,Zowie G-CM,Corsair MM400,
CM Storn HS-M Battle Pad and Revoltec Precision Pro.

All of this are hardpads but some may be coated with cloth, I dont want the ones that are coated with cloth, I prefer plastic.
These are the only ones available in my country I dont have func pads in here nor rocketfish,ratpadz,etc. All of this mousepads are within the same price range.

 

[linziyi]

I use QCK and it's pretty good :S But you said you don't like cloth so...

 

[jorgex41]

I use QCK and it's pretty good :S But you said you don't like cloth so...

i already have a cloth one from Ozone, and it had a great run but its time to change to plastic or metal because its best for my mouse.

 

[Drakenfeng]

From personal experience I can say Steelseries 4HD is amazing with the g9x. Significantly smoother travel and less jitter when compared to the QCK (the laser picks up on the threads in cloth pads). The 4HD is just a smaller version of the 9HD if that's all that is available. Not to say that the QCK is 'bad' for the g9x but it's definitely a huge difference. On the other hand I had a plain G9 that wouldn't track properly on a QCK at all, it would jitter like crazy.

I actually have a 4HD sitting on top of a QCK mass and switch between them depending on if I'm gaming or not (my wrist doesn't hold up too well on the hard surface for extended periods).

 

[jorgex41]

From personal experience I can say Steelseries 4HD is amazing with the g9x. Significantly smoother travel and less jitter when compared to the QCK (the laser picks up on the threads in cloth pads). The 4HD is just a smaller version of the 9HD if that's all that is available. Not to say that the QCK is 'bad' for the g9x but it's definitely a huge difference. On the other hand I had a plain G9 that wouldn't track properly on a QCK at all, it would jitter like crazy.

I actually have a 4HD sitting on top of a QCK mass and switch between them depending on if I'm gaming or not (my wrist doesn't hold up too well on the hard surface for extended periods).

Maybe I will get the HD but the mm400, CM Storm and Destructor have very positive reviews so I'm having a little hard time.

 

[MacLeod]

I also have a SteelSeries hard mouse pad and a G9 and they work very well together. I'd say off your list, that 9HD would be my choice.

 

[Canon]

I have had one of these for the last 3 or 4 years.

http://steelseries.com/products/surfaces/steelseries-experience-i-2

It's glass. I'm not sure if you considered that or not.

I was using a G9 (not the G9x mind you) with this pad up until today. The grip on my G9 has peeled, so I decided to give the G700s a try. Both mice track perfectly on this pad as far as I can tell, very smooth and very durable.

 

[Hotar9978]

I have had one of these for the last 3 or 4 years.

http://steelseries.com/products/surfaces/steelseries-experience-i-2

It's glass. I'm not sure if you considered that or not.

I was using a G9 (not the G9x mind you) with this pad up until today. The grip on my G9 has peeled, so I decided to give the G700s a try. Both mice track perfectly on this pad as far as I can tell, very smooth and very durable.

I also have that. Love it.

But do be aware that it's very small so it's not really meant for low dpi players. I play anywhere from 800 to 1600DPI so if you're anywhere above or between that you'll be fine, otherwise you'll be sliding off the edge.

 

[jorgex41]

I always play with the highest dpi my mouse has available so that isn't a problem.
In fact everyone should play with the max dpi available and then lower the sensitivity in game, because the dpi is just the amount of movement the mouse tracks it doesn't necessarily mean that the mouse is gonna get faster it will just track better so of course the higher the better.

As for the glass mousepad i cant really buy one because.... lets say that I tend to punch my mousepad very often so im sure it would break in the first 2 hours xD

 

[L4d]

I always play with the highest dpi my mouse has available so that isn't a problem.
In fact everyone should play with the max dpi available and then lower the sensitivity in game, because the dpi is just the amount of movement the mouse tracks it doesn't necessarily mean that the mouse is gonna get faster it will just track better so of course the higher the better.

I disagree, based on what I read, there would be no benefit of using the highest C.P.I. possible to use lower in-game sensitivity; the native settings of a mouse should track the best, not regarding latency. Do you have proof?

 

[BurntToast]

What country are you in?

 

[jorgex41]

I disagree, based on what I read, there would be no benefit of using the highest C.P.I. possible to use lower in-game sensitivity; the native settings of a mouse should track the best, not regarding latency. Do you have proof?

Im not saying that you need to use low sensitivity in game im saying you should lower it if you need to, if you are fine with standard sensitivity in game and high dpi then there is no need to do that.

This is what I read:
No matter what sensitivity you play the game at, you really should use your mouse on it's highest dpi setting while in-game. This gives the finest precision and makes movement feel noticeably smoother. The only exception to this rule is players using a very low sensitivity may sometimes be able to reduce negative acceleration at a lower dpi setting.

Although this is certainly not a rule. For example, the best low sensitivity mouse made, the DeathAdder, has a glitch that causes it to have worse tracking and more negative accel at less than it's maximum 1800dpi. Using less than the maximum will not fix skipping, only negative acceleration. (move the mouse so you turn 180 degrees, measure the distance moved, move the mouse very quickly so you turn 180 degrees, if it takes farther, thats negative accel) Laser and other bad mice may tend to skip at high speeds regardless of what dpi they are using. In general though I still recommend you use the maximum dpi of a mouse.

What country are you in?

Im currently in Haiti but I live in portugal

 

[L4d]

I found this:
http://www.overclock.net/t/173255/cs-s-mouse-optimization-guide/120#post_17209893

It states that some might prefer high C.P.I. with low in-game sensitivity and vice-versa.

Regarding the DeathAdder, I have seen that users used the 1,800 C.P.I. setting and lower sensitivity versus the lower C.P.I. settings because of latency issues from the 450 and 900 settings being halved from the 1,800 setting.

Edit: I found this:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=10213.msg190499#msg190499

I wish that my math were better. Here is a quote from that linked post that sums this discussion: "The thing is, all you need is enough CPI, you don't really benefit from more, the smallest thing you can is you crosshair moving 1 pixels. The possibility to "aim between pixels" means nothing in practical gaming, especially with higher resolutions."

Here is another quote for why that too high of C.P.I. might be bad: "You should also consider one thing: Mouse Sensors have the tendency to become less accurate at higher CPI, that's what a former R&D Manager from SteelSeries told me. So they send more movement data but also more wrong data, ofc that gets compensated to some degree by the lower ingame sensitivity."

 

[jorgex41]

I agree that you should use what is enought for you, but as it says on the second quote even if at higher CPI it receives more wrong data "that gets compensated to some degree by the lower ingame sensitivity"
and that's why I said that you should lower your ingame sensitivity at higher CPI.
ofc some sensors become less accurate than others at higher CPI, so that depends on the mouse that you have.

Summarizing this discussion:
I think that some mice may be more accurate than others at higher CPI and as you said some people may feel better playing with low CPI with ingame high sensitivity and vice versa.