Logitech MX510 vs MX700

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Endurance Man

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Well i am buying a new mouse, and can get either of these 2. Im just wondering what the differences are beside the wireless apposed to wired. They both look about the same, just different colours.
The wireless would suit me more, but i am going to be playing games with it. Am i really going to notice a performance difference between the 2 ?

Thanks for any advice :).
 
Get a MX518, much better than both (still wired) but pretty much best money can buy, aside from the G5 coming out, or is out? forget which

i had the blue MX510, very very very very very good mouse......

i thought all mouses are the same, but i am useing my LX700 combo mouse right now, and its just omfg craptacular :( i think i might get a G5 :p

soulsaver
 
I have the red MX510. From what I read, you may not notice a HUGE difference between it and the MX518. You WILL notice a huge difference between even the MX510 and the MX700. The MX510, 518, and G5 are all made with gaming in mind, so are more precice and etc. MX700 is a wireless version of whatever the lower one was, 500 maybe. It's not as good of a mouse and the only single thing going for it is the fact that it's wireless (but, then so is the MX1000, and while I still say MX510 is good enough, I would always recommend MX1000 over 700 any day.) BTW, the G7 is the wireless version of G5, so will be mostly the same. G5 isn't out yet (at least that I could find) but, it will be pretty soon probably, so if you have the cash for such a thing (and it's not cheap, $80 I think was the list price) then it may be worth waiting on. I think the added precision isn't a huge deal really (MX510 even is a pretty impressive mouse from my own personal experience, and there is a point beyond which the mouse is just more precice than us mere humans can actually use -- which I suspect G5 is way beyond, heck, I suspect MX518 is around that sort of area if not beyond it.) I think really the main advantage of G5 over MX518 would be the weight tray which would let you get the mouse balanced just exactly right for your hand potentially (though it would be no easy task to get it that precice, and if I got one I'd probably just be lazy and take out all the weights for the lightest possible mouse.)

One thing to point out. If you can at all stand using a wired mouse, you really should. Wireless is heavier, more hassle, and in lower end mice, more latency. Mainly, it's the weight that gets to me. I use my mouse for some pretty heavy gaming, and I tend to lift it just a little, so the heavier wireless mice (even the MX1000) give me hints of carpel tunnel type feelings. My MX510 feels perfect for me though even after hours upon hours of heavy gaming (and bear in mind that this includes things like Diablo 2 and Dungeon Siege 2 -- aka Diablo 3.) d-: (j/k. Well, partially just kidding...)
 
Now hold on. I adore the MX700. It is the best mouse Logitech has ever made. I have tried the MX500, the MX510, and the MX1000.

I ended up selling the MX1000.Gave the wife the MX510, and my son has the MX500. I have 7 total MX700's. I have that many so when one dies, I have another. (They are getting harder to get)

But you will love the MX700. And anyone who says otherwise is crazy..

Try the MX700. You wont regret it..
 
G-5 is what im going to get, i dont trust wireless mice.......to hard to upkeep, like other poster said he has 7 when they die.......kinda over doing it but to each his own

my mouse sucks came with LX700 combo, im telling you now, the MX510 owns any wireless mouse out in the market......the options, and the preformence....

g5 is where im heading, anyway.......anyone know of anyone selling it for cheap? not that shady website posted in hotdeals?

soulsaver
 
Well, the MX700 is a weaker mouse hardware wise. This isn't debatable, the numbers themselves released by Logitech prove this, even if you honestly can't tell when you sit down and actually use them (and I've used both, my dad used to have a 700.) Also, it's not quite as comfortably designed as the MX510 IMO, though the differences are pretty minor. Now, the MX1000, I recommend over 700 only because it has better actual hardware (resolution and such.) The mouse itself is painfully thin for no apparent reason whatsoever. Actually, the 700 probably is better than the 1000 for gaming as the 1000 would start to hurt soon enough I suspect. If you HAVE to go wireless, wait for the G7, I suspect you'll not regret it if you do. It has all the advantages of the G5 in wireless, unlike the previous thing like this where the 700 isn't as good as the 510 that it LOOKS so much like.

700 is less power efficient, but, 1000, and I suspect G7 are better, so upkeep isn't quite as bad as far as keeping them charged. Weight is also a little better on the latter two (I suspect G7 might actually be better than 1000 even considering the work they've put into the thing.) 700 just hurts me after a while.

And, btw, I've looked at the Razor mice. Try the logitech before you knock it for one of those. Trust me. The MX510, 518, 700 and I suspect G5 and G7 are very carefully designed to fit your hand like a glove (probably a patented design, else I just can't understand why no one besides logitech has done this considering just how well it works.) MX1000 I think they screwed up on as the smaller design will probably only fit a child's hand properly (and I'm not one of those people with huge hands either, so if it doesn't work right for me, I honestly believe it just doesn't work right period.) Microsoft, and Razor both are designed to be ambidexterious or something because it's a completly symmetric design that doesn't fit in one's hand nearly as well (though both are admitedly well designed to fit to the extent that is possible without changing the actual shape of the mouse noticably.) I'll be honest, I've only tried out the Razor mice at local stores that had displays, but, I'm not impressed. While they may have equal or better hardware capabilities (and, again, I still think the MX1000 is actually overkill here) I think that, considering that you have to actually USE the mouse itself, shape does matter too...

Right now, as nearly as I know, no one is selling G5 for cheap or otherwise. Wait for logitech to release them. ^_^ Probably once they do, newegg is as cheap as you can get, but, you can try amazon and zipzoomfly I suppose as well. I wouldn't go to places like bestbuy except to try before buying if I were you. Their prices are unacceptable.
 
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