Buying a new mouse

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Caine20

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Hy, after succefuly buying a new PC with the help of this forum, I turn again to you for help, this time it is about a mouse
I know a lot of topics have been made on this and I read a lot them, which is what alowed me to narow it down to 3 specific mouses, which all seem to have quite a lot of support on these forum and overall also got quite good reviews

a) Logitech G5 - 60€
b) Razer DeathAdder - 47€
c) Razer Lachesis - 68€

It's mostly for playing games, which of those 3 would be best to buy? I use windows Vista 64 if it matters, it will be mostly for playing games, primary RTS games but also some FPS games, is there any fourth choice to recomend?

another question is: what is the difrence betwen a laser or infrared mouse? i think there is also a third kind, optical, i always tought that's all the same, are the difrences in DPI significant? for instance the Lanchesis has 4000dpi, while the deathadder has 1800

edit: I don't even know if this is the right forum for this...
 
There is no such thing as an infrared mouse. It's laser vs. optical.

Best way to go about this is to go to a store and try them out. Lachesis works for many, but felt completely horrible for me (felt like it was cutting my hand).
 
sadly I can't try them out first since no store in some 80km radius around here has them, I am buying them from an internet store

I said infrared beacose the official razer website says "1800dpi 3G Infrared Sensor ", don't realy know much about the terminology, so laser=infrared?
 
Yes, this is the right subforum for this topic. ;)

I'd go with the cheapest one on your list. However, make sure the site you buy it from allows for returns without re-stocking fees, if possible. That way, if you don't like it, you can return it and buy one of the other ones. :p
 
laser isn't infrared. g5 and lachesis are lazerz, deathadder is optical.

as for DPI, if you're using 4000 then you'd most likely have a MASSIVE screen, cuz just moving it a cm will probably get you from hong kong back to hong kong with a nice detour to the space station.

like engi said, if you find a shop w/ no restocking... buy all 3 and try them. Recommending a mouse isn't easy cuz it's not one size fit all.
 
hmm thanks for the link, an interesting read, didn't even know there are specific grips when it comes to using a computer mouse :D

I think I am use something betwen the claw and the palm grip, my fingers aren't realy that much in a claw shape when using the mouse, but not realy a palm grip either

so the Lachesis seems like the most logical choice
 
Well, I've been using a G5 for at least 2-3 years, now, I have two of them. I used them with an X-track pad hard surface, it's pretty good, soft surface is good too. There's a really good mouse comparison guide on the net, back to '06 or so. Frankly, just look around but I've heard really great things about the Logitech 518 MX, it's optical, but I don't think it matters that much when gaming. Look around and you'll be bound to find something you like.

Honestly, if I had a choice to do things over again. I'd get used to the Lenovo laser/opitcal mice, and simply replace them when they go bad. In my experience playing a lot of FPS's, consistency is better than 60+ usd/euro mice. Good luck whatever you do.
 
I've had a Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 for the better part of a decade with no issues (actually I've had two for about a year and a half, yes both are used)

great mouse for just about anything, and my only gripe is that it doesn't have a 3D scroll wheel, but for the price, imho it can't be beat

I've seen the Razer mice in stores, don't really see any justification for triple the price, I've used the Logitech's at friends houses, I'd probably put them on the same level performance wise (both have customizable buttons, don't feel cheap, stand up to abuse, and so on)

another thing you might consider for RTS games, is a trackball (if you can even find one), although I have no idea what it'd do for FPS games
 
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