Mouse maker WarMouse does have some skin it this game, as their WarMouse is promoted on the value of its multi-key macro buttons, not its “speed”. But in testing out its own mouse against the competition, and being brutally honest about fraction-of-a-millisecond differences, they’ve put the lie to the idea that serious gamers, or productivity obsessives, are getting much of anything out of their “faster” pointers.
High-Performance Gaming Mice Don’t Perform [WarMouse Meta via Slashdot]
Republished from Lifehacker
WhiteY
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 9:38 AMErmm.. I always thought the reason behind purchasing a gaming or ‘performance’ mouse is purely because of the tracking capabilities..
If you constantly are playing FPS or RTS games that need you to constantly swing your mouse around in different directions at high speeds, you want a mouse that can track the movement with ease – hence why higher profile mice have the higher DPI sensors.. I don’t completely understand how this is a valid benchmark?
Ian Triggs
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 10:07 AMWas anyone under the impression that the laser makes clicking faster? I don’t think so… the laser is there for a higher resolution. Gamers want higher speeds and higher resolution, but no one was believing that the laser made clicking any faster.
The other important variable in a gaming mouse is tracking speed. Some of the low end cheap mice have a low tracking speed which means that when you flick the mouse fast in a certain direction, the sensors can’t keep up and send the mouse pointer haywire. Expensive gaming mice have great tracking speeds.
Lastly, if you want better response times for the mouse, stay away from Bluetooth mice, go for wired or RF, non-bluetooth mice.