Extremely accurate mice to buy, I'm a bit lost.

I've spent so long googling and I'm so indecisive I just had to ask in a forum, even if it's swamped with such threads. If there was a store around me I'd love to try out a few mice but I'm pretty sure Northern Ireland doesn't do this which is why I feel like I'm taking a leap of faith on any mouse. Basically I need (want) an extremely accurate mouse with really smooth tracking and manoueverability (might be a result of the ergonomics, idk). I hear the claw grip is more precise, I'm probably a palm-claw hybrid but I can adjust to whatever will work best. I don't need massive dpi I don't think- I can't imagine going above like 1800 or so, although I dont even know what that feels like. I figure I'm a low to medium sens gamer. I'd like to have a really good scope for customizing my sensitivity and stuff but I don't need much on-the-fly capability. So my main concern really is just moving a mouse fast but with the emphasis on stopping it dead where I want it. Anyway, probably get bored of this but could anybody give me some advice. I'd like to be sensible with the price, but I'm kind of flexible for now anyway.

 

I use a Razer Deathadder and it's been precise for the games I play, which is well... mainly Call of Duty 4.

 

You'll probably like the Logitech G9 or G9X. They have adjustable grips for palm and claw styles, and they're both quite comfortable. Good DPI, goes up to 3,200 on the G9 and 5,000 on the G9X. Adjustable on the fly, as well.

 

g9x, mamba, x8 are all fine, try them and see which one you like better

 

I agree I find the Deathadder though my favorite mouse is not as accurate as a G9.

 

Haha, this thread will confuse you even more. Mice are the most subjective thing you can buy for your system. You are going to get a lot of different recommendations. People will recommend to you what works for them.

Shape is the most important part and the only way to truly know is to put your hands on it and use it in your OS and game.

With that said I'm currently using a Deathadder. Shape works for me and tracking is smooth as glass.

 

Unless I am mistaken, accuracy in a mouse is not neccessarily measured in how much DPI it has. Rather, DPI is a reflection of how sensitive a mouse is, not how accurate it is.

As far as recommending a mouse, I can't say enough good things about the Logitech G9. Superb feature set, comes with two removable grips (claw type and palm type), and you can buy a third optional grip on Logitech's website, which, in my opinion, is of the claw-palm grip variety. This is the grip that I use most often and find the most comfortable.

 

Actually, DPI is a measurement of accuracy; it refers to dots per inch, meaning how many points of data the mouse reads for every inch of physical movement on a surface. Higher DPI levels mean that the mouse reads more movement data in the same amount of movement than a lower DPI mouse.

The reason people usually confuse it with sensitivity or speed is because by default, the DPI is not scaled; and the extra data just becomes more movement on screen in the same amount of actual movement. If you lower your mouse sensitivity, whether in Windows or in a game's settings, then you will be getting the accuracy of high DPI without hypersensitivity. You could analogize this to display resolutions: imagine you have a 10" display at 1280x800, and a 20" display at 1920x1200. The 20" display does have a significantly higher resolution, but the more striking difference is the size. This is similar to the difference between a low DPI mouse and high DPI mouse with the same sensitivity settings. Now, imagine two 20" displays, one of 1280x800 resolution and one of 1920x1200. They are physically the same size, but the resolution of one is significantly and noticeably greater than that of the other. This is similar to the difference between a high and low DPI mouse, with the high DPI mouse sensitivity adjusted for the increased DPI.

 

DPI doesn't affect accuracy. It affects speed. A 5600 dpi mouse is no more accurate than a 400 dpi mouse. It just moves the on-screen cursor 14x faster. At 5600 dpi, moving your mouse one inch to the right moves the on-screen cursor 5600 pixels to the right. At 400 dpi, it moves the cursor 400 pixels to the right.

If higher dpi meant better accuracy you would see professional gamers use the highest dpi mouse available. In fact, in professional Counter-Strike, the two most widely used mice are the Microsoft Intellimouse Optical and Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 - both of which are 400 dpi!

Also, a Logitech G9 set to 400 dpi is no more or less accurate than when its set to 3200 dpi. The cursor just moves a lot slower on screen.

 

Plan09, If you send me a PM I can give you an info on places in Northern Ireland that do gaming/high quality mice - your PM is disabled atm.

 

You don't get PM privileges until you accrue 20 posts or so.

 

Anything good for less than $20?

 

Ah, that explains why I can't pm him either X.x


Well, I guess I'll post it here then. The only place I know of that does decent gaming equipment in Northern Ireland is Mplex. Belfast City Center (Smithfield) and Dargon Crescent (Near the docks). That's the only place I've ever found with decent computer equipment. They do a range of mice, that's where I got my Razer Copperhead, and I've seen others there.

Also the big PC World out Newry-ish direction has a wide selection, but probably nothing specialist like you're looking.

 

I agree with the people that said Razer Deathadder. I've been using it for about a year, maybe a little bit less, and it's been amazing.

 

You can get mice for under 20, but not good gaming mice. You're looking to spend at least $40 for that kind of thing.