Gaming mouse recommendations.

[Divine Wind]

Hi all,

So after 2 years of cordless mouse fun, my little bugger decided to go kaput on me in the middle of an excellent ETW Prussia campaign. I do have a little money stored away, so ive begun the search for a new top notch mouse and I'm looking for any opinions you chaps may have.

Any good suggestions? Would gamers recommend cordless mice?

Cheers.

[Reverend Joe]

Whatever you get, don't get an optical mouse. I've never had an optical mouse that didn't have terrible tracking problems, like randomly moving the cursor to the left.

[Whacker]

Hi. First of all, do NOT use a cordless mouse for gaming. I've had this argument countless times with other gamers, I can definitely notice some very small lag when using a cordless mouse. It becomes painfully evident during twitch style gaming. If you're fast enough and have good reflexes, load up a game that has ridiculously high framerates on a modern PC, like Quake 3. You should notice what I'm talking about. Corded is always the way to go, even if you don't play twitch style games.

Personally, I have been and remain a Logitech product whore. I've had all of their gaming mice since the MX510's, and currently have a G5 that's due to be replaced here very soon. Absolutely loved them all. The only real complaints I've had were that the paint wore off of the 51x mice I had, and the G5's cord is a horrible dust magnet.

Reverend Joe, you need a mousing surface. Buy a good mousepad, or move your PC to a desktop that has a clearly defined, visible, broken pattern that the optical component works well on. I've had this problem before on some of my old workdesks, ended up getting a nice big gaming surface for some time that worked wonders.

[Husar]

Well, I got two cordless mice now I've tried the lag thing whacker mentions with the first before buying the second and didn't really notice anything, but then I'm a slow person which is why I stay away from games like Quake 3.

Concerning optical, alternatively you can also buy a decent mouse, I've bought a cheap optical mouse and it was really bad on almost all surfaces, my two Microsoft mice are quite a bit more forgiving, the razers work best on a razer mousepad etc. Overall there isn't really much of a problem I've noticed as long as you have a mousepad and don't go for the cheapest 5 or 10$ mouse you can find.

[Lemur]

I'm a corded mouse kinda guy. One less set of batteries to worry about, and I don't see how the mouse cord is a huge inconvenience.

I've always had good experiences with Logitech's higher-end corded mice.

[Xiahou]

Another vote for corded, here.

Logitech's gaming mice all seem pretty good to me, but personally last time I needed a mouse, I went with Razer. They're pricey, but it seems to be good quality and has served me well for years.

If you can do it, go somewhere that you can "demo" mice and actually lay hands on them. I think all high-end mice will perform well, what really will make the difference is how comfortable it feels in your hand.