Are you going to buy a mouse/mousepad? Help us help you and please answer at least the first two questions below. If you have no clue about the questions, please take some time to read the explanations.
Questions
Please copy and paste the formatted questions below with your answers (at least the first two questions!) in your own thread (or in The Mouse Suggestion Thread):
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Explanations
Grip
Sensitivity
Prediction
Edited by F u r u y a - 10/12/11 at 7:44am
Questions
Please copy and paste the formatted questions below with your answers (at least the first two questions!) in your own thread (or in The Mouse Suggestion Thread):
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1. What's your grip style? 2. What's your sensitivity? 3. What's your maximum budget? 4. Do you want additional buttons? 5. What games do you play? 6. Do you mind about prediction? 7. Other relevant information: Input anything else you want. some examples: LOD, ambidextrous shape, weight, wireless, non-braided cord, glossy finish, button activation force, driverless, onboard memory, etc |
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7. Hard or cloth? 8. Rough or smooth? 9. Which size approximately? 10. What's your maximum budget? |
Explanations
Grip
Grip style or grip type is the manner with which you hold your mouse. There are three main styles:
- Claw grip
- Fingertip grip
- Palm grip
The grip type allows to choose the shape and weight of the mouse.
Example: fingertip grippers will most likely want small and lightweight mouses.
More info: Razer.
Sensitivity
Sensitivity represents how fast the mouse cursor moves in relation to the mouse physical movement. For FPS games, sensitivity is commonly defined by distance/360°. Or, more generally, it's defined by low, mid or high (please refer to the link below if you're not sure).
Example: 50cm/360° (to make a full 360° turn, it's needed to move the mouse by 50cm). That's an example of a low sensitivity.
The sensitivity allows to choose the dpi of the mouse and, most importantly, it defines the top speed needed.
Example: low sensitivity players very often hit high speeds; thus, they need a mouse that can support those high speeds without any kind of acceleration or malfunction.
More info: ESR.
Prediction
Prediction (aka Angle Snapping, Drift Control, Correction) helps you to draw straight lines: the mouse tracking corrects (removes) the minor deviations from your line, making it as straight as possible, up to certain threshold, which varies from mouse to mouse (some mouse has more prediction than others). Ideally, a mouse should have the option to turn off the prediction, but there are plenty of mice with inherent prediction that can't be turned off.
Edited by F u r u y a - 10/12/11 at 7:44am
