Do gaming mouses make a difference?

[magookin]

Hi all

I'm new to this forum, I've been skill gaming for about a year or so on king and worldinner, I've read alot of tips here so I finally decided to register - thanks!

Anyway what I wanted to know is do you think the type of mouse you use helps? I have a standard optic mouse, but I am aware that there are gaming mice available with higher precision and was wondering does anyone know if they make a difference? or is there any other device that you find particularly useful?

Many Thanks

[camarofire]

I bought a logitech gaming mouse and I love the precision but it is too big for my hand, so it has it's shortcomings as well. It makes it difficult for me to play games like solitaire because moving it longer distances is difficult due to the size. My main game is big money though, and since I only move little distances at at time in that game, I love it for that game. My average went way up in big money when I got this mouse because I eliminated a good portion of the mis-clicks I was getting before with my optical mouse.

If anyone has a recommendation of a precise laser mouse that is for SMALL hands, please let me know I would love to get the best of both worlds. Oh, and I do want some sort of adjustment for weights as well.

[Kworb]

I also use a standard optical mouse. I bought a laser one with higher precision but it was much heavier and I couldn't move as quickly with it.

[Studs100]

there are also the option to use trackballs...logitech has a good one

[dpaull414]

Originally Posted by magookin

Hi all

I'm new to this forum, I've been skill gaming for about a year or so on king and worldinner, I've read alot of tips here so I finally decided to register - thanks!

Anyway what I wanted to know is do you think the type of mouse you use helps? I have a standard optic mouse, but I am aware that there are gaming mice available with higher precision and was wondering does anyone know if they make a difference? or is there any other device that you find particularly useful?

Many Thanks

I wasn't loving my cheap generic Dell USB mouse so I tried a gaming mouse for a bit but ended up returning it. Just seemed like overkill and it had a ton of stuff to configure and I wasn't up to trying 8 million scenario's to figure out what was best.

I did a little googling and uncovered some tips to make an existing optical mouse perform better like overclocking the usb port, eliminating acceleration, etc. I think removing acceleration and overclocking made my mouse feel smoother and more predictable in it's movement to the point where I don't think about it anymore.

don

[Kworb]

Acceleration is horrible, I have no idea why anyone would ever use that.

[jsro]

I have some generic microsoft mouse I guess it is optical but I am not really sure. It is good and everything but I am having a lot of difficulty with the movements in some of the games namely biggest loser, luxor, and graceful jewels. It doesn't seem like I have all that much control over things half the time.

I know the battery is good but am not even sure if acceleration is turned on and off. There is a option in windows which is "enhance pointer precision" I'm not sure if this is the same thing or something entirely different. Hahaha I feel like such a noob right now. Help! lol.

[dpaull414]

Originally Posted by jsro

I have some generic microsoft mouse I guess it is optical but I am not really sure. It is good and everything but I am having a lot of difficulty with the movements in some of the games namely biggest loser, luxor, and graceful jewels. It doesn't seem like I have all that much control over things half the time.

I know the battery is good but am not even sure if acceleration is turned on and off. There is a option in windows which is "enhance pointer precision" I'm not sure if this is the same thing or something entirely different. Hahaha I feel like such a noob right now. Help! lol.

you don't want to enhance your pointer precision even though it sure seems like you'd want to! I found this link useful: CS:S Mouse Optimization Guide - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net

Hope it helps!
don

[jsro]

Originally Posted by dpaull414

you don't want to enhance your pointer precision even though it sure seems like you'd want to! I found this link useful: CS:S Mouse Optimization Guide - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net

Hope it helps!
don

Hopefully it does. I'll let you know if I win the biggest loser/kalorie king daily. I was so mad yesterday when I kept falling 10,000 points short because l was all over the place.

[Studs100]

Originally Posted by Kworb

Acceleration is horrible, I have no idea why anyone would ever use that.

yup I have the option to use Acceleration too...And it is horrible