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    "Golden" Gaming Mouse

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Atomicdeluxe, Dec 16, 2007.

  1. Atomicdeluxe

    Atomicdeluxe Notebook Consultant

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    Hi everyone,

    I've seen lately that many gaming gear manufacturers sell mice and keyboards with gold plated usb plugs. I know that high-end audio companies use gold plated contacts to improve sound quality because of higher conductivity and therefore better "analog" data transmission.
    My question is:
    Does this also apply to "digital" data transfer or is this whole "gold plated usb thing" just marketing?

    Thanks
     
    Atomicdeluxe, Dec 16, 2007
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  2. sqwarlock

    sqwarlock Notebook Enthusiast

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    As far as I'm concerned it's just marketing. Digital signals either get there, or don't. It's 1s and 0s. The same thing goes for stuff like HDMI cables where a $10 is just as good as the $80 ones.
     
    sqwarlock, Dec 16, 2007
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  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    It is all marketing bs, it is not actually gold. It is a copper and nickel electroplating, which looks like gold. If you dont believe me go to a jewelry store and ask them what gold dust costs. Even most jewelry is not even gold, it is just electroplated with gold, that is why rings discolor. If the ring was pure gold it would not discolor.

    If you want cheap hdmi cables you can get them from MPJA, they sell great parts which are at industrial bulk prices.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Dec 16, 2007
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  4. necetra

    necetra Notebook Guru

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    True that. the majority of product sales are brought by marketing.
     
    necetra, Dec 16, 2007
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  5. Jeff

    Jeff Notebook Retard

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    i think you might want to check up on that.
     
    Jeff, Dec 16, 2007
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  6. Waveblade

    Waveblade Notebook Deity

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    He's right about the part that it either gets there or it doesn't. No fuzziness, it'l flicker from perfect to nothing.

    But there is a tiny tiny difference between the 10 buck ones and the 100+ buck ones.

    So negligible though. You'd have to be really really paying attention to the details to notice. Even the most enthusiasts wouldn't care.
     
    Waveblade, Dec 16, 2007
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