Is laser technology in mice that bad for Quake?

[n0d]

I might have the chance of getting the new laser Razer Mamba wireless/wired mouse but want to know if i will suffer accuracy loss compared to an optical mouse such as the MX518 or Razer Deathadder.

[MKJ]

only a poor workman blames his tools.

if youre good enough that 'loss of accuracy' (lol) will be compensated by your skill

[n0d]

good to hear lol, only reason i ask is because people say the feel of laser mice greatly differs from optical in quake 3/quake live.

[Grenader]

Speaking from experience here, Razer products come right in the door and straight into the bin.

I recently purchased a Razer Lachesis mouse ( 4000DPI ). It turned out to have alot of flaws - It could not read _ANY_ hard surface. The laser suffered from diagonal "stepping". It would interrupt with keyboard presses, causing strange effects to happen while typing, and buttons on the mouse would commonly get stuck ( Not physically, ofc, but in the buffer ).

Upon googling this, it turns out that hundreds of people suffer from the same complaints. Also, from what I've heard, as you're probably looking for the relevance of this random babbling - I've heard that the Mamba suffers from similar defects as the lachesis. I haven't aquired one to see for my self however.

Currently, I'm sitting with a Roccat Kone ( 3200DPI ). It's the best mouse I've owned yet, however I had to teflon the guides. Great software, unlike the lachesis, it's actually usable in linux, and doesn't cause strange errors every few minutes.

Nightmares, ey

[menkent]

any quality laser mouse will be fine now. eight years ago that may not have been the case, but any decent Logitech or whatever will be fine.

avoid Razer products in general - they've been shit since day one and have never shown any hope of being anything but shit.

[InsaneKid]

im still usin BallMouse ...not optical.
Coz precision is what u make of it:
With BallMouse i! decide when it has to react (if i pull up the mouse just a lil bit,
and the ball has no contact to/with the desk/mousepad).
The laser/light has a longer reach/range!

[Zyte]

I agree that the technical components will be fine in any brand new mouse these days. I think switching to another shape will cause more 'loss of accuracy' in the beginning.

Anyways i have little experience with razr products. A friend of mine swears by his razer copperhead. I tried and couldnt help but hate it for it's shape.

[Deji]

avoid Razer products in general - they've been shit since day one and have never shown any hope of being anything but shit.

I bought a Razer Diamondback 3G last year when my MX310 finally died.. I have no complaints. Only thing is that after extended Quake, the inside of my ring finger gets sore, because I grip the mouse too tightly in FPS games and the small groove cuts in a bit. Quality wise, it's better than my MX310 was (newer tech tho, so not a very fair comparison). Only thing left to see if it lasts as long, I think I bought my MX310 in 2004 or something, survived 4 years of pretty hard use.

[Zyte]

I rarely go nerd raging.. However quake live caused me to slam and break my mx518, which served me well for years

I need a mouse fast, i fucking hate using a laptop touchpad. Going the last open computer store hoping it sells the mx518.

[Zyte]

So, no mx518's in that store, but i wanted a mouse so i went laser as well. Didn't feel like dropping €60 on a G5 so i bought a logitech m500. It's a bit less bulky then a mx518 or G5, i'm still adjusting to the shape but it feels pretty good. Also it has this 'feature', the scroll weel is almost frictionless so it allows you to scroll extremely fast trough documents and web-pages. Takes some time to master but i'm pretty happy with it so far.

Quake live felt horrible at first though, requires some sensitivity tuning..