I could put something funny here but I cant be arsed. Now GO AWAY!

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I could put something funny here but I cant be arsed. Now GO AWAY!

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I could put something funny here but I cant be arsed. Now GO AWAY!

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Decided to grab this shot last night as before I go back, all three PCs are next to each other. How cute :)



The red you see, far too far to the left of the red PC is in fact its reflection in the other case.
The green and blue wave at the bottom of the screen is the reflection of the LEDs on the arm of my chair.

Afterdawn Addict // Silent PC enthusiast // PC Build advisor // LANGamer Alias:Ratmanscoop
PC Specs page -- http://my.afterdawn.com/sammorris/blog_entry.cfm/11247
updated 10-Dec-13

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To delete, or not to delete. THAT is the question!

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PSP, all the way from 1.00 to 5.50 GEN D2 - DS Lite w/ M3DS Real (M3 Sakura v1.34)
PS3 3.01 - iPod Touch 2G 16GB Jailbroken - Xbox 360 60GB - PC, Q6600, 3GB DDR2, GTX260 (216) 896MB

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Originally posted by sam:

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At fragsoc the vast majority of us use Razer mice, either the Diamondback, Copperhead or Deathadder. Excellent products. I've tried logitech mice, haven't tried steelseries ones (even though they sponsor fragsoc) but if they were that great, I'm sure I'd see a lot more of them.
It's not that I like having wires. I dislike the faults with wireless mice, and that incident there is exactly what I'm talking about. Wired mice are lighter, cheaper, more reliable and there's a lot more choice too. As for Laser vs optical, you tend to see either IR or Laser these days. There doesn't seem to be a vast difference between the two. For ref, it's usually a competition between 1600,1800 and 2000dpi these days, 1000 is old!

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Hmmmmmm. Thanks for your comments, Sam. IR is infra-red - is that the new standard instead of optical - or is that a subset of optical? I thought once you said you had an optical mouse, not a laser mouse. I recall you mentioning the Razer series before.

When the customer service rep, Carl, said they had determined just to send me another mouse, I was going to ask him what type of problem it probably was - a micro-crack on the circuit board, etc. But I hear you saying, Sam, that my little random firing incident is indicative of the kinds of problems that can pop up with wireless mice, problems you virtually don't come across with wired mice.

In other words, the wireless transmission and reception of the signal can result in higher probability of experiencing the type of problem I just had? I have to admit that in 6+ years of fps games with wired mice, I never had a gun start to fire by itself before, which is why I was so shocked. Welcome to the world of wireless - I guess that's enough to make me seriously consider going back to "fighting the wire."

Thanks for the tip about today's dpi - perhaps a little overkill - but if that's what everybody has, 1600, 1800 and 2000, rather than "just" 1000, there must be a reason for it.

I'm curious about the "lighter" that you mentioned. I realize that without the circuitry and antenna to transmit the signal - and of course without the battery - wired mice can be much lighter. But I know of some mice where they give you weights to add to the mouse, to make it heavier. Of course that's a personal preference, but are you saying in general it is considered an advantage to have a lighter mouse?

Well, as much as I hate the thought of fighting the wire, I guess I'll have to seriously think about a wired mouse, probably Razer or Steel Series, although after the excellent customer service Logitech just gave me, I ought to seriously consider them too. I suppose I'll do some more reading of newegg reviews and get some more community commentary.

EDIT: Razer Mamba wireless laser mouse, 5300 dpi, 1000 hz polling, $130. (You can plug the usb wire in if batteries die and convert to wired mouse.) Any comments, anybody?

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Rich

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To delete, or not to delete. THAT is the question!

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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 4GHz(20 x 200) 1.5v 3000NB 2000HT, Corsair Hydro H110 w/ 4 x 140mm 1500RPM fans Push/Pull, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5, 8GB(2 x 4GB) G.Skill RipJaws DDR3-1600 @ 1600MHz CL9 1.55v, Gigabyte GTX760 OC 4GB(1170/1700), Corsair 750HX
Detailed PC Specs: http://my.afterdawn.com/estuansis/blog_entry.cfm/11388

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