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What Makes the Perfect Gaming Mouse?

Posted by timothy on from the give-it-a-lot-of-cocaine dept.

An anonymous reader writes A new article looks at the advanced technology that goes into many gaming mice favoured by professional gamers, from dedicated processors to custom weights for the sake of ergonomics, discussing the developments with designers at three top peripheral companies: Logitech, Razer and SteelSeries. Surprisingly, some factors that were once thought to have reached the limit of their usefulness, such as DPI sensitivity, are becoming more important again as screens get bigger and we make the move to 4K resolution. ... "With the rise of higher resolution screens, especially looking into 4K multi monitor systems and beyond, DPI might become an important factor in the future again, so we are not ruling out changes in the maximum tracking rate," says Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan.

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  1. Poor Linux support by jukk · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Still haven't found any good alternatives that just works in Linux, other than the trusty old Logitech (MX series are nice).

  2. Advert for Razer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This piece is an advert for Razer? Well let me tell you about Razer: Every single thing I've ever purchased from them has been absolutely shit build quality and has broken either right away or pretty soon thereafter. However, the box it comes in is fucking wonderful.

    So if you like nice boxes and have more money than brains, buy Razer.