i recently got a Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade 1600dpi Optical Mouse
after my other mxduo mouse broke on me after a few years.

it was cheap as hell on ebay refurbished, is almost as "good" as the copperhead, and if you are not that picky it was a very good buy in my opinion.

also i heard that the copperhead has issues and is too small for some people.

and it was only like 27 with shipping. not bad

CustomXSpunjah

United States1093 Posts

July 26 2007 15:32 GMT

#42

copperhead being too small? isn't it even bigger than the mx300?

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

July 26 2007 16:05 GMT

#43

Loj-eh-tek ef-tee-dub-bol-yoo

DrainX

Sweden3187 Posts

July 26 2007 16:50 GMT

#44

If you want a ballmouse or if this was 8 years ago I would have said go for a Logitech Wingman Gaming Mouse

Since they havnt been in production in years and since there are optical mice that are better today id say go for a mx300 (Open it and remove the built in metal weights though).

Elsi

United Kingdom8173 Posts

July 26 2007 16:54 GMT

#45

With my razer, my buttons seem fucked, then left hand one doesn't double click no more, how can solve this problem? Now I can't double click a file, so I must right click and select open!

also i cannot double click on a man, before with my old mouse, if i double clicked on an item, it would select them all!

any solutuons please

sc0rchedst0rm

Ireland176 Posts

July 28 2007 10:14 GMT

#46

On July 26 2007 23:41 IzzyCraft wrote:
Hahha dude it doesnt matter acutaly lazer would be worst to use on such a low reslution game like sc and becuase sc is such a small screen reslution the dpi as long as its around 800 shouhld be fine the higher dpi for such an low reslution woudl be too hard to use but yeah i would say best ot use would be an optical like mx518 it really depends where you like it but a higher dpi and a lazer mouse semi messes up on lower dpi becuase you move it faster and the lazer cant keep up so you keep occasional skipping if you move too fast you settings seem fine though and the people that say razer of the G series are the best are mostly fanboys that found a nice looking a feeling product i would say for sc the razer dimonback, G1 or any of the mx series are find dimondback and the mx series would be easiest to find in the U.S.

i would say get a good mouse pad first haha

(copperhead and G5 use the same lazer and similar drivers they give the same performance heh go figure but they are ment for high dpi high resolution screens oh yeah update your g5 you might be behind on the frimware yes the mouse has firmware and if its an non 2007 verson its behind on it this will give it better reporting also dl the latest verson of set point and change the MHz from 500 to 1000 so its moer stable it shouldn't affect anything unless you computer is crap you can change it where you change your dpi heh)

sorry for any typos im lazy i dont care

Never had a mouse better than a Lazer one, tbh. Never had any problems like what you describe.

As already stated, I use my G5 on 2000 DPI in Starcraft, and its perfectly fine. And I don't know about everyone else, but I knew it had Firmware. And about the full reports (1000 MHz) setting. I had a Diamondback, didn't like it.

I would agree with the getting a good mousemat statement. I found my 5L Steel pad made as much of a difference to my gaming as the mouse,

HypersonicEspo

United States74 Posts

July 29 2007 07:49 GMT

#47

Mouses make a huge difference. Theres 2 ways to hold a mouse by either palming it(bad way) or fingering it(good way) both are viable but fingering just gives you better control and that's a fact. Most of logitechs gaming mice you can't even hold properly and except for maybe habu and deathadder razers mice are still a little off. As for what's the best mouse at the moment it's logitech g3 without a doubt but if you have huge hands the deathadder might be for you.

mahnini

United States6862 Posts

July 29 2007 08:43 GMT

#48

No mouse is the best, just choose one that you feel most comfortable with. I, at one point, was pretty obsessed with getting a new mouse thinking it would help me get better somehow. Then someone much, much better than me told me he just used a regular Dell mouse, I pretty much got over it then and there.

HypersonicEspo

United States74 Posts

July 29 2007 09:03 GMT

#49

Your not very smart. When I first got a gaming mouse I saw my control in game take a HUGE jump. It's a freaking fact some mice are better and it does matter.

mahnini

United States6862 Posts

July 29 2007 09:11 GMT

#50

On July 29 2007 18:03 HypersonicEspo wrote:
Your not very smart. When I first got a gaming mouse I saw my control in game take a HUGE jump. It's a freaking fact some mice are better and it does matter.

Please, do explain.
I never said every mouse was made equal, I said use the one you feel most comfortable with so you don't go off blowing $50 on a mouse that sucks on the advice of forum members who will obviously have different tastes than you.

sc0rchedst0rm

Ireland176 Posts

July 30 2007 03:33 GMT

#51

On July 29 2007 18:11 mahnini wrote:

Show nested quote +

Yeah, I'd recommend just sticking with what you know. If you're used to something you'll be better with it, and the fact that the alternative is "better" doesn't mean it'll work out better for you. Maybe in the long run.

There's stilll something to be said for quality mice though. Not the be all and end all though.

As to the palming/fingering comment, while it made me snigger, I know what you're saying and it's true enough. I have pretty big hands so I found the G5 was the perfect size (maybe on the very of almost too small even), and I just generally like the look/feel/performance of it more than others I've tried.