Dual optical mice - worth it?

Jeff7

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I've got a Logitech Mouseman Optical mouse, but I'm considering getting a dual-LED one to replace it. Do the dual ones really offer improved tracking and accuracy, or is it mostly hype? Any (productive) thoughts would be appreciated.
 

QTPie

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It's sure better but it's not really worth it for normal applications unless you're doing some works on graphic (editting pix in Photoshop) that need precise movements. In fact I still use a non-optical track ball for about 2 yrs and it's still working good.
They're advertising all kind of fancy stuff so that you can spend more $$$
 

RudeBoie

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if you're playing FPS games, it's worth it. My friend has a single optical and I have a dual, and I could tell the diff immediately playing MP MOH.
 

funko

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deifntealy..... if you're any kind of gamer that uses a lot of quic kand precise mouse movement like FPS'ers and RTS games.... the dual optical is MUCH smoother than single opticals, if you're a basic application user, and have been on ball mice till now, you probably wont notice the difference until you try to go bac kto ball mice... but optical mice defintealy are worth it these days because they're cheap ($20) and refresh much more often than ball mice and give you a smoother feel ,and teh dual optical logitech enhances that by a touch, a small touch ,but noticable enough that it feels smoother than the others in its class such as teh expolrer and even teh normal mouseman's

if you can afford it and are willing to spendt eh money, i'd recommend it, you may not see/feel the difference at first but if you go back to your old single optical mouse i'd bet that you would
 

japetto

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I do remember reading an article on this issue...Where I can't recall, but I do recall it's summary. They said in testing; the advantages were there, but slight at that. I wish I could remember where I read about this. I hope this helps...
 

Jeff7

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<< my friends, when only the best will suffice, money is no object. >>




AAAahahah.....yes, money is a bit of an object. ;):D
Unless of course, you are willing to provide some of it....:)
 

Blurry

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Dual optical means twice the number of dpi count. Somewhat like DDR on memory.