MX 400

OMG you could at least have corrected my bad spelling in your signature Dave

Hmmm just by checking your mouse explains why i have such a hard time dealin with some folk around here like estieel and tChr

Oh well having a good mouse for sure helps but i think its more important to find a good sensitivity. If its too low you have to move your arm/hand too much, have to often lift and move the mouse. If its too high you will have a hard time aiming when needed. when i began playing i used 4cm to turn around 360°.. now i'm at 10cm for a complete turn. I"m quite satisfied with it though i know some people use much more but i would not like it in close range combat. It also helps to use the same settings in every game

I heard Razer was good, some mouses are HECK of a lot of money there for a few extra macro button majig thingys

Edit: Whats the difference on the performance?

I don't use any software so no extra memory just linux

alexjustdoit wrote:Whats the difference on the performance?

How do you want to measure performance for a mouse? I think the razer diamond back i have has about the right size for my 'normal' sized hands, it has a good grip, the software was ok back on windows (oh but a warmstart messed up a few buttons maybe a update does better by now?), i have no trouble with it on linux what so ever. The main buttons are really good, not slippy. big, the wheel never got my into trouble, i can reach the side buttons perfectly. It has 2000dpi unless i'm mistaken. It looks good. I do not see a reason to update to a copperhead or death adder (which is just righthanded).

mx518.

esteel wrote-

when i began playing i used 4cm to turn around 360°.. now i'm at 10cm for a complete turn.

yeah, that's how i set up the sensitivity on my mouse, how far the mouse has to move to rotate 360. i'm currently at about 55mpr (milimetres per revolution).

Diamond Razerback here

Had a Logitech MX510 and rather liked it, never tried the MX518, went to the G5 and hated it (good mouse in general, but the side scrolling wheel makes gameplay terrible [at least for me])

vertexoteric wrote:yeah, that's how i set up the sensitivity on my mouse, how far the mouse has to move to rotate 360. i'm currently at about 55mpr (milimetres per revolution).

Uhh i could no longer play with such a high sensitivity.. by now i'm even at 12cm/360°.. but i doubt that will change anymore now

So I reckon nobody is using a trackball like me?

Sweaty hands don't play too well with the A4tech WWT-13 which is also my primary pointing device... It's not a problem with normal computing. Yet in fast paced gaming it becomes a drag. Now I'm trying to get my hands on one of these: Logitech Marble Mouse. Just for nexuiz.

MX-518 logitech here

Inexpensive, decently high DPI. The teflon pads underneath haven't worn off (yet).

Same. The MX-518 is brilliant, and quite cheap.

I had a red razer copperhead. Cable broken.
Now I got a death adder. Even better than copperhead.

I have a razer mantis for the surface. (Is HUDGE surface =) )

*HxC*Cuizinier wrote:I had a red razer copperhead. Cable broken.

I had a blue one. The same thing just happened to after ~7 months. I bought the diamond back and I'm just as happy with that.

I've got a razer diamondback 3G, and I just love it.

I had about all mices But playing with Ikari Optical now. Which is the best mouse I have ever bought. The shape kinda reminds of mx5xx series and is very nice to hold.

I have a Razer Lachesis sitting on Hyperglides and rolling on a medium-sized Corepad C1. The ergonomics on this thing require some getting used to but they allow for some really twitchy moves, especially when combined with 1000HZ polling rate and 4000 DPI tracking.

i'm using an mx518 too. it's a classic.

cheap noname, but with 1600dpi^^

been using the same mouse for 7-8 years now...still works and has been my best tool to winning.. THE LOGITECH MX-518 ..WONT BUY ANY OTHER:p

mx518 here too! had a mx510 before broke, so got this one..hate changing mice so i stick to what i know rather then being adventurous and this one does the job for me, running on a S&S Steelpad

Used to have a Logitech MX518, but the teflon pads wore off so I got myself a Logitech G5. It has been a very good mouse just like the MX518, the sidescroll buttons don't bother me since I haven't gotten them to work on Linux (never tried to). I removed all weights and the weight cartidge, so now it's very lightweight and I like that

ok, I'm trying to switch my primary desktop over to Linux (ubuntu) but I was having some mouse problems with my MX-518 in Nexuiz running on Linux. Nexuiz in Linux was much more responsive than running in Vista, but my mouse would randomly jump around and act glitchy. I tried setting up the evdev mouse driver, and that seemed to help a little bit, but I was still having the glitchy problems.

Note: the mouse was only glitchy when using Nexuiz, not when using the mouse on the desktop. I dare not question the possibility of it being a bug in Nexuiz because I fear the wrath of divverent might strike me down.

So, I'm looking for another mouse that is known to have good driver support in Linux (for gaming). Evidently, the MX-518 isn't that mouse.

-z- Suggested the razer diamondback, I think.

Dokujisan wrote:-z- Suggested the razer diamondback, I think.

Indeed I did, I used to have the copperhead which is also supported well in Linux. The copperhead has 3rd party drivers available (called razer tools) to help you setup your profiles... but I think the copperhead is more of a gimmick than anything else.

I thought about buying a razer. Its only too expensive in combination with my hobby. The apple mighty mouse is fine for me.

Dokujisan wrote:-z- Suggested the razer diamondback, I think.

I have been using a razer diamondback on ubuntu for quite awhile and it has been working great no problems at all.

Dokujisan wrote:I tried setting up the evdev mouse driver, and that seemed to help a little bit, but I was still having the glitchy problems.

Indeed the evdev driver seems to cause problems in most games on Linux, at least I had the weird behaviour you described with the cursor "jumping" to one corner. Try the "mouse" driver instead, I have:

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Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Configured Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "CorePointer"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Dev Name" "Logitech USB Gaming Mouse"
    Option         "Buttons" "10"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 7 6"
    Option  "HWHEELRelativeAxisButtons" "9 8"
    Option         "Resolution" "2000"
EndSection


<<DJ>> wrote:The apple mighty mouse is fine for me.

Please tell me you're kidding.

I am playing with a razer diamondback, no problems...