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Raiznhell
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Ricemagical
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Termit
Sweden3466 Posts
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Auu
United States9 Posts
For keyboards, I've been using the G15 for a long time. It's way better than all the other keyboards I used before that. I never had problems with aliasing or blocking on the G15. The shape and comfort is great. I don't even use any macro keys. It's better than all the other keyboards solely on account of the shape, comfort, and feel of the keys. It does get pretty filthy after a while, and cleaning it is hard so I end up just replacing it every year and a half. I tried a Filco Majestouch with black switches. I hated it because the amount of force required to depress the keys is excessive and leads to RSI. I was also thinking about trying the TT MEKA G1 (because it's the only keyboard advertising both 1000hz polling rate and nkro) until I read that it uses the same black switches. Black switches are too freaking stiff. A little bit of theorycraft: It takes time for your muscle to build up force. The greater the force required to press a key, the longer it will take you to press the key. The greater the movement distance required to press a key, the longer it will take you to do it. That's the same principle that favors using really high DPI mice for FPS. What I really want is a slim NKRO keyboard with springs that are barely strong enough to keep my resting hands from accidentally pressing keys. | ||
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ryan1894
Australia264 Posts
On May 27 2011 14:59 Auu wrote: I'm a hardcore fps gamer for years and I've gone through so many mice. G9x is the best mouse ever. It's better than the G9, G500, G5, MX518, Intellimouse Explorer 3, etc, etc that I used before that. When I got the G5 back in 2006, that was orders of magnitude better than any mouse that preceded it. The G9x is better than G5 but not by a huge amount. I use every last bit of the 5700dpi. I turn the hardware dpi up all the way and leave the software mouse sensitivity settings on the defaults to prevent aliasing. From one end of the screen to the other is less than an inch of mouse movement, so I never have to pick up my wrist. For keyboards, I've been using the G15 for a long time. It's way better than all the other keyboards I used before that. I never had problems with aliasing or blocking on the G15. The shape and comfort is great. I don't even use any macro keys. It's better than all the other keyboards solely on account of the shape, comfort, and feel of the keys. It does get pretty filthy after a while, and cleaning it is hard so I end up just replacing it every year and a half. I tried a Filco Majestouch with black switches. I hated it because the amount of force required to depress the keys is excessive and leads to RSI. I was also thinking about trying the TT MEKA G1 (because it's the only keyboard advertising both 1000hz polling rate and nkro) until I read that it uses the same black switches. Black switches are too freaking stiff. A little bit of theorycraft: It takes time for your muscle to build up force. The greater the force required to press a key, the longer it will take you to press the key. The greater the movement distance required to press a key, the longer it will take you to do it. That's the same principle that favors using really high DPI mice for FPS. What I really want is a slim NKRO keyboard with springs that are barely strong enough to keep my resting hands from accidentally pressing keys. If you were truly an FPS hardcore gamer wouldn't you be worried about: 1) G9x's high LOD. 2) G9x's non-centred sensor? 3) G15 is an extremely bad keyboard. I had a G15v2, and even compared to this cheaper Sidewinder X6 that actually does have keyblocks - X6 has a proper volume knob, media keys that dont take 80g of force to depress and has much better key feel. 4) 1000Hz vs 125Hz is not that much of a difference. Its 1ms (theoretically) to 8ms (theoretically) but you have to take into account Keyboard Lag (8ms) + CPU Lag (20ms) + GPU Time (15ms at 60FPS) + Frame Transmission (16.67ms) + Double Buffering Lag (14.67ms) + LCD Response Time (12ms). Relatively, 7ms difference on 1000Hz vs 125Hz is absolutely nothing, especially when 1000Hz increases CPU load unnecessarily. 5) I'm pretty sure RSI has nothing to do with High DPI/Sensitivity, in fact it would be more believable if Low Sensitivity DECREASED chance of RSI because with High DPI, less physical movement for more cursor movement, making even large differences in cursor movement be extremely small physical movements, making each movement extremely similar to each other. With low sensitivity, one uses the arm and shoulder to control aim, while also reducing the side effect of jittery hands, making each movement have a larger relative difference to each other, reducing the "repetitiveness" of each action, reducing RSI. 6) All PS/2 Keyboards are NKRO. Its not very hard to find a NKRO keyboard, and since I explained earlier that 1000Hz makes pretty much zero difference. 7) You probably played an FPS game that requires zero aiming skill to play. e.g. CoD6/5/4 or Battlefield 2/2142/BC2 All professional/good Quake, CS1.6 players use low sensitivity, because they are games where aim is rewarded heavily, and thus needed. CoD4 is just MP5 + left click = airstrike. I was a heavy FPS player before SC2 (CoD4/6, CS:S etc), but seriously, all FPS games require no skill apart from some old school FPS like Quake/CS1.6... | ||
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th3_great
United Kingdom429 Posts
On May 27 2011 14:59 Auu wrote: I'm a hardcore fps gamer for years and I've gone through so many mice. G9x is the best mouse ever. It's better than the G9, G500, G5, MX518, Intellimouse Explorer 3, etc, etc that I used before that. When I got the G5 back in 2006, that was orders of magnitude better than any mouse that preceded it. The G9x is better than G5 but not by a huge amount. I use every last bit of the 5700dpi. I turn the hardware dpi up all the way and leave the software mouse sensitivity settings on the defaults to prevent aliasing. From one end of the screen to the other is less than an inch of mouse movement, so I never have to pick up my wrist. For keyboards, I've been using the G15 for a long time. It's way better than all the other keyboards I used before that. I never had problems with aliasing or blocking on the G15. The shape and comfort is great. I don't even use any macro keys. It's better than all the other keyboards solely on account of the shape, comfort, and feel of the keys. It does get pretty filthy after a while, and cleaning it is hard so I end up just replacing it every year and a half. I tried a Filco Majestouch with black switches. I hated it because the amount of force required to depress the keys is excessive and leads to RSI. I was also thinking about trying the TT MEKA G1 (because it's the only keyboard advertising both 1000hz polling rate and nkro) until I read that it uses the same black switches. Black switches are too freaking stiff. A little bit of theorycraft: It takes time for your muscle to build up force. The greater the force required to press a key, the longer it will take you to press the key. The greater the movement distance required to press a key, the longer it will take you to do it. That's the same principle that favors using really high DPI mice for FPS. What I really want is a slim NKRO keyboard with springs that are barely strong enough to keep my resting hands from accidentally pressing keys. theres a little misconception regarding the the switches on the 6gv2/7g, while the black switches do require a fair amount of force to push all the way down, it takes virtually no force for the keys to actually register hits, once you get used to it you can just fly across the keyboard without bottoming out at all, and its a lot faster to type and play on it. of course you can just hammer on the keys as well, and your fingers gets used to the action anyway. | ||
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ginywiny
Canada37 Posts
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stOrpse
United States175 Posts
I recall a thread a few years back of him saying he couldn't use anything else. | ||
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Glueburn
United States496 Posts
On May 29 2011 14:45 ginywiny wrote: wat about artosis? Artosis uses a Salmosa (or an Abyssus, can't remember exactly which) and a High-end Korean Mechanical keyboard, that he has yet to tell us the name of. | ||
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ginywiny
Canada37 Posts
On May 29 2011 23:48 CampinSam wrote: Artosis uses a Salmosa (or an Abyssus, can't remember exactly which) and a High-end Korean Mechanical keyboard, that he has yet to tell us the name of. i thought he used a qsenn dt 35 | ||
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ginywiny
Canada37 Posts
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5476 Posts
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TAStarScream
Australia15 Posts
On June 03 2011 10:02 ginywiny wrote: im pretty sure IdrA doesnt use a steelseries qck mousepad IdrA uses a cut down verison of a SS QCK | ||
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Wi)nD
Canada719 Posts
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ginywiny
Canada37 Posts
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Glueburn
United States496 Posts
He used to. I think he said Hwani (probably butchering that name) give the Mechanical keyboard to him, and he's been using it ever since. you can hear it on his stream. | ||
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Syben
United States512 Posts
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LaiShin
Australia978 Posts
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Syben
United States512 Posts
On June 06 2011 03:03 LaiShin wrote: probably not dt35 now that razer is one of TL's sponsors I really doubt that he would switch just because of that. The fact that Razors's keyboards are shit and comfortability with equipment is important I doubt he would switch. | ||
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Son of Gnome
United States777 Posts
On June 06 2011 03:41 Syben wrote: I really doubt that he would switch just because of that. The fact that Razors's keyboards are shit and comfortability with equipment is important I doubt he would switch. well arent they kinda forced to switch or risk losing the razer as a sponsor? | ||
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