BT Gaming Mouse

Hi, I'm looking for a Bluetooth mouse for gaming on my laptop. It has to use my integrated bluetooth, not a dongle like I've seen on a lot of them. I've looked through this forum and it seems to me that the best one is the Microsoft 8000, though I can't figure out if it uses a dongle or not, does anyone know? Also, I know it comes down to preference a lot of the time, but do you guys prefer optical or laser for gaming? Thanks in advance for any advice

 

Hey mate,

I'm also very interested in finding a decent (and not too expensive if possible) BT 2.0 mouse. It seems every mouse I come across uses a dongle rather than BT. Is there any obvious disadvantage (eg lag time) of BT compared to a USB dongle-if not why are they so hard to find!

Let me know what you decide. Sorry I can't be of any help...

Cheers.

 

I think there is more of a possibility for lag, though the few friends that I know who have BT mice say they've never had any problems, so I hope I can find a good one...

 

At the moment I don't think there is really a tru BT gaming mouse, though I think people have used the MX1000 for gaming. There is a wireless gaming mouse though, not BT, the G7. I think the G7 is the only "wireless" gaming mouse atm.

 

The mx1000 can use integrated BT without a dongle? I thought it had to have a tranceiver/charger plugged into the computer?

 

I haven't been able to find any good bluetooth mice either. I thought it would be the dominant wireless peripheral technology, but clearly that hasn't happened.

 

From what I've used then your blue tooth mice can be used without a dongle, even if they come with one(So long as you have integrated blue tooth).

 

Hmm, all of the bluetooth mice I've used that come with a dongle perform abysmally on integrated, as most of them are a different BT standard. Also if you use them on integrated you can't use the customization software as that works through the dongle.

 

I have the Logitech V270, which's NOT a gamer mouse, but I play alot of FPS and NEVER had a problem while gaming.
Even if you see a mouse that comes with a dongle, you can still use the intenal BT to connect it, the dongle that comes with the mouse should be used if you don't already have BT installed, or alot of devices're using the internal BT which sometimes can cause lag if too many devices're using the same BT card. GL

 

The Logitech MX1000 BT that comes with the MX5000 or DiNovo desktop is a superb mouse for gaming. On rare occasions it will disconnect for a few seconds during very computationally expensive tasks (the only times it has done this is while running Oblivion, F.E.A.R., and once in BF2) and on my system it behaves strangely after standby, but that is more likely a result of the Dell BT adapter. Despite these minor setbacks that may or may not be attributed to the mouse, I still highly recommend it.

 

Hmm. How often does it lag while playing FEAR (since this is what I play most of the time) ? It seems to me that disconnecting for a few seconds would make a gaming mouse almost unusable, especially if playing multiplayer games. Just my opinion, I guess.

 

Good info...I searched the internet for some reviews and such on this mouse. I was looking for a mouse that was BT but also was small in size but not too small like most laptop mice. This one seems perfect. Comes in silver too, to match my Dell XPS M1210 laptop....nice!

 

Blue tooth might be slower then the 2.4ghz range but then if they can run the mx 1000 at high res then it has to work.

I was of the impression that blue tooth was universal and did not require any special hub to connect one device to an other. Could you not search for a BT mouse and add it?

 

It doesn't happen very often in F.E.A.R.; but you're right, when it does happen it probably means you're fragged. Its occurance is sort of hard to quantify. I suppose that if I played for two hours straight, it might happen once. If you don't have a Dell, though, I wouldn't give it a second thought: I'm 99% confident that the problem is the Dell BT adapter, not the mouse. Great mouse.

 

Thanks, I'll probably buy it then. Also, have you tried updating your BT drivers? That and making sure you don't have too many BT devices connected at the same time can help on lags and disconnects I've heard.

 

Just purchased myself the V270 in bright silver Thanks for the info everyone!