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    questions about Logitech mx revolution

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by wywern209, May 12, 2008.

  1. wywern209

    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    1.) is it worth the current price of 70-80 dollars?

    2.) can it play games good? competitive and single player?

    3.) is the drivers CD that it comes with standard size or the mini disc kind?

    Thank you!!! :D
     
  2. arknsashilbilly

    arknsashilbilly Notebook Guru

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    3.) the driver cd is standard size
    2.) I have yet to play games, but the response is fast, smooth and completely customizable.
    1.) I love it, but im also going from a mousepad on my laptop to a regular mouse. What really takes it over the top for me is the ergonomics and the customizable scroll wheel. The wheel switches from free to ratchet mode according to speed which makes scrolling throughout long documents a breeze
     
  3. wywern209

    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    thanks arknsashilbilly for the answer, as a side note do you know what the DPI is for it?
     
  4. sticks3

    sticks3 Newbie

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    I love the MX Revolution. Fits the contours of how my hand fits on it perfectly. Great service by logitech as well when i had a question. Also, all the buttons it has, it feels to me that they don't get in the way with whatever you may be doing. Also to boot, the battery life on mine can last for weeks of medium ammount of use. And seems to take no more than a couple hours to charge sufficiently. Ah yea, and their set point software, great, as they add new default things they can have the buttons do almost every update. And yes to all 3 :)
     
  5. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    1)You can find it on sale from time to time for much less than the retail price.
    2)Not really. It was very laggy playing TF2. I had to get a wired MX 518 to play games.

    It's a pretty nifty mouse if you don't need fast response in games. Definitely a lot of features.
     
  6. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    I got mine for $40 off amazon, black friday. very smooth but not the best for gaming
     
  7. wywern209

    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    what is TF2 , and how is it laggy, is it because of DPI and how would it play out in crysis
     
  8. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    atbnet, wywern209, my mouse goes very smooth in TF2 (Team Fortress 2)
     
  9. wywern209

    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    :err: im rly confused now... :err:
     
  10. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    just go for it, it's a outstanding mouse
     
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Team Fortress 2
    Wireless mice aren't great for gaming period. Their latency is higher than wired and when you get into an intense battle thats when it is going to get you.
     
  12. wywern209

    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    ok, thanks for the advice everyone!
     
  13. VoXeRiC

    VoXeRiC Newbie

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    I've been using the MX Revolution for about a year, i would say it's perfectly fine for games, at least in my opinion. Haven't had much issue with it besides the charging problem, which has since been resolved. If only it came with the dongle like the vx nano..