G11 or G15 rev2?

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Edgar

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I need some opinions on which one to get. I don't know if I will even use the LCD on g15. Are the extra buttons on the g11 useful?wat do u guys use the LCD for? The price difference is pretty significant. What do u guys think?
 
Personally, if you aren't going to use the LCD, I'd go with a Sidewinder X6. Excellent feel, better than the G series IMO. If you want an LCD, the G15 is really the only way to go.
 
Keep in mind that the G15 is pretty substantial size, from a width perspective.
 
whats the lcd useful for anyway? is there a website that has a lot of apps for it or something?
 
EdGaRRRRR said:
whats the lcd useful for anyway? is there a website that has a lot of apps for it or something?
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There are actually quite a bit of user created apps and plugins for the screen. Many can be found here http://www.g15mods.com/forum/index.php

Also, googling comes up with many other sites that have lots of things to try out. The one I use the most is Sirreal's Plugin. It gives me a readout of my cpu and mem usage. Along with download and upload speeds, speaker setup/volume control. A stopwatch, fraps readout, and what song/how much time is left in it. It's also highly customizable.

Anyway, I was wondering if the LCD was worth it before too, but now it seems it would be hard to go on without it.
 
I have the Gen 1 G15, I have never used the G keys but I like the flip up LCD and the Blue theme. I do look at it when not in a game to get the time/date. While gaming (World of Warcraft) I use it to display Ventrilo, lets me know who is talking and who is logging on or off. Other then Vent I never look at it, it has a WoW plugin but the info it dispays is not very usefull and other games i am to busy to even notice if the game has a default plug in or not.

Only bad thing I can say about the G15 is that when your not in windows the light up keys are off and it makes it nearly impossible to see the keys.

There are other ways to get the LCD display, theres a pair of speakers (Logitech Z10) that have it built in as well as the Logitech G13 Game Pad.
 
Diablo2K said:
Only bad thing I can say about the G15 is that when your not in windows the light up keys are off and it makes it nearly impossible to see the keys.
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Uh? :confused:

The keyboard backlighting is always on unless YOU turn it off. Nothing to do with what program you're running.
 
Just got the G15 because it was 60$ at frys (same price as g11). So what else can the LCD be used for besides displaying ingame stats?
 
General Crespin said:
Uh? :confused:

The keyboard backlighting is always on unless YOU turn it off. Nothing to do with what program you're running.
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I can confirm what the previous poster said. Mine doesn't light up until about the same time my mouse cursor appears on the screen during boot. Prior to that, during the bios sequence, while it detects hard drives, the OS selection screen, etc, the keyboard is not lit up.
 
EdGaRRRRR said:
Just got the G15 because it was 60$ at frys (same price as g11). So what else can the LCD be used for besides displaying ingame stats?
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chinspecial said:
There are actually quite a bit of user created apps and plugins for the screen. Many can be found here http://www.g15mods.com/forum/index.php

Also, googling comes up with many other sites that have lots of things to try out. The one I use the most is Sirreal's Plugin. It gives me a readout of my cpu and mem usage. Along with download and upload speeds, speaker setup/volume control. A stopwatch, fraps readout, and what song/how much time is left in it. It's also highly customizable.

Anyway, I was wondering if the LCD was worth it before too, but now it seems it would be hard to go on without it.
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The things I listed there are a good way to get started. :)
 
GotNoRice said:
I can confirm what the previous poster said. Mine doesn't light up until about the same time my mouse cursor appears on the screen during boot. Prior to that, during the bios sequence, while it detects hard drives, the OS selection screen, etc, the keyboard is not lit up.
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I thought he meant he was in games when he said he wasn't in Windows, sorry...
 
General Crespin said:
I thought he meant he was in games when he said he wasn't in Windows, sorry...
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Yeah, I meant during boot up, especially while in the Bios screen, its really hard to see the keys to adjust FSB and other things that require yu to type numbers or letters, but most of any bios is [Enter][Page up][page down][tab] arrow Keys ect. So most of the settings aint much of a problem.

But back to the OPs quistion, I would get the G15, if you dont the display then you can simply ignore it, but at least you will have it if you do like it.
 
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