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    The BEST mouse...

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Seekingknowledge, Aug 29, 2008.

  1. Seekingknowledge

    Seekingknowledge Notebook Enthusiast

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    Allow me to throw another in to the mix for ya...

    Steelseries Ikari

    PC Gamer gave it a 97% in the current issue. That's good enough for me and I've ordered one. I also have a Logitech G7 and G9. Both are excellent mice. I'm looking forward to the Ikari to replace the G7 on my gaming desktop because I'm finding it a bit annoying to swap batteries at crucial times.
    I use the G9 with my lappy and it is fantastic: comfortable and precise.
     
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    joshthor 100% Crazy Sauce

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    never heard of the roccat or raven, but the roccat looks awesome, but a little uncomfortable to me. the raven is like...wierd. is that a trackball on the side of it? also the deathadder doesnt have dpi change. the g9 looks pwnage imo. though i dont have ANY of these. ive looked alot into the g9 and deathadder when i was looking for a gaming mouse (i decided im not a hardcore enough gamer to waste (again, imo) 90ish bucks on a mouse.
     
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    exiled -_-

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    i have both the g9 and the deathadder and i must say i perfer the deathadder by far. the deathadder is for my laptop and the g9 is for my desktop. i never heard of the Roccat but it really looks cool. especially the lighting effects. that must be really fun to play with. if i know someone with a roccat i would love to try it out.
     
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    Infoseeker Notebook Evangelist

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    roccat looks sexy, but deathadder is definitely more ergonomic.
     
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    WonderBread Notebook Guru

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    I have the Lachesis, and wish I got the DeathAdder. The extra power the Lachesis has is more than anyone will ever need, and it's ambidextrous, which I don't like. DeathAdder is probably the only mouse I would trade it for though. The Roccat Kone looks awesome, the TCU (Tracking Control Unit) looks really interesting. I would love something like that with my mouse, since I'm using the cheapest mousepad ever at the moment. I was reading about the Lachesis today and it's supposed to work best with hard mousepads. Planning on buying a Destructor soon. The Kone's other features look awesome, but unnecessary. Ergonomics seem more important than customizable LEDs. The Raven might be more interesting if I knew what that giant ball thing does. Never liked the G9 much.
     
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    The giant ball thing on the Raven is a 3D mouse wheel which is actually pretty cool. It allows you to flip through screens kind of like alt+tab. SO lets say you got a lot of things open in photoshop or something and want to look through it then all you need to do is spin the wheel.
     
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    yoyo1299 Notebook Evangelist

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    I wish the Raven was wireless.... :(. If it was wireless, i'd buy it anyday. I really like my wireless things.