Gaming Mice. Prediction? Angle Snapping? Wtf?

[Satoree]

I'm in the market for a new mouse and I hear people talking about finding one without prediction, proper angle snapping, optical vs laser, and all of this doesn't mean anything to me. I understand a little bit about what those features do, but not enough to know what I should be looking for in a gaming mouse.

I've also heard certain people on this forum say that most logitech laser mice are crap, and that actually a lot of "high end" mice branded as FPS mice are crap for FPS gaming in practice. This person also said some underground mice and old school mice are even better than stuff out right now. (thread here http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2111248). Can someone educate me?

I tried a few mice from best buy to check them out before returning them. Logitech G400, R.A.T. 3, Deathadder, G500. I liked the RAT 3 most. Thumb rest and flat design of the mouse were my style, but it also seemed to perform better than the others.

Thanks!

 

[SharpHawk]

The latest revision of the G400 does not have angle snapping/prediction, and is supposedly a really great mouse. I ordered one from Amazon yesterday, I think all G400's that you can buy now are prediction-less.

 

[videogames101]

g400 is pretty highly regarded in terms of accuracy,

but here's the kicker: no one can really tell the difference in accuracy when using a mouse

my advice: pick the mouse most comfortable in your hand

 

[Mushkins]

g400 is pretty highly regarded in terms of accuracy,

but here's the kicker: no one can really tell the difference in accuracy when using a mouse

my advice: pick the mouse most comfortable in your hand

Yep, what's the perfect mouse for one person might be totally unusable for another. What's ultimately important is that you're comfortable with the mouse and you can get used to how it works well enough to just "know" how it behaves and how to move it to point it where you want.

In some situations prediction is helpful, it's all about your specific needs.

 

[BrightCandle]

The grand majority of mice have terrible flaws in their sensor algorithms and it directly impacts on your movement. Some of the angle snapping used can significantly impact on the ability to game and will throw your aim off enough to get body shots or a straight out miss instead of head shots at mid range. Mice with the most severe problems should absolutely be avoided.

Whether you care about having a truly flawless sensor or not is questionable. I think its important the mouse accurately reflect my movements and it improves my gameplay quite a bit in comparison to a mouse that doesn't. But if you skill level isn't very high to begin with you might not notice the difference all that much. Neitherless a mouse that does what you wanted it to do precisely is clearly a better product and since they are basically the same price its a shame to buy anything else.

Its kind of difficult right now to get decent reviews on mice, most people think most mice are fine, but its kind of like someone saying a monitor is fine without testing it with appropriate tools. Sure it shows the picture, doesn't mean its accuracy, blur etc is any good, only that it shows a picture. Useless reviews are useless.

 

[Midwayman]

Get a mouse with adjustable dpi on the mouse itself and then figure out which one has buttons where you like them. Done.