Posted by Teckman @ 21:01 CDT, 20 June 2010 - iMsg
Does anyone know if the Abyssus Mirror edition has fixed the tracking issues with the original version? Also does the texture on the sides specifically actually feel different or what?
that picture is very misleading, correction only hinders your aim when the vertical distance is very small compared to the horizontal (or similar situations), you can aim in diagonal lines like that all day even with correction.
But even in those situations you won't notice the correction once you got used to it, hence a lot of people are saying it is placebo or overhyped.
This pretty much, but to be honest, even though it is a placebo, mice without prediction just feel smoother to me. Not like it matters since I've used ones with and without for years without any difference in super-pr0 performance
Well correction really isn't that bad a thing unless of course you're just a casual gaming newb and actually use 5600dpi, then that little correction is going to make a big difference.
A friend just came over and I tried out the 518, I really like that it has higher dpi than my mouse (ms3.0) but wtf, how the hell does anyone play with mouse correction?! It's really really obvious to me that the mouse was moving to places I didn't want it to go to, especially with very minute movements (I was playing with a high sens)
It's not overhyped at all. Anyone can aim with a mouse, doesn't mean it's accurate. Play long enough using correction and there are many situations where it will be noticed with all types of motions not just some plain diagonal movement. If enough people hadn't bitched about correction in the first place, Razer would've never even taken notice and bothered to allow a mouse which can have correction off.
I wouldn't say correction hinders precise aiming in a fps, it's just that it gives a different feel you have to adapt to if you come from a correctionless mouse.
For other uses like graphic editing, correction of course is bad. From a technical point of view it is bad. But from gaming experience and looking at what most people use I would agree it is overhyped.
Personally I have never aimed better than with the salmosa or 518, both have correction. I have also owned and used ie30 and wmo for a long time, just to say I know what I'm talking about.
We need a competitor to Avago. They aren't facing any pressure to put out quality products. Their latest sensors are absolute SHIT and there's nothing we can do about it.
having to clean an optical mouse is such a big backstep, I remember this shit from ball mice. uaaach =(
I guess the sensor surface with this mouse is just too small so that every dust grain might compromise performance. OR, your pad is dirty like a doormat. Another semi-fuckup from razer but there's still salmosa and deathadder 3g so all is well =)
Neg, g9x is better. And sincerely you're just opinionated and without facts. Since I have atleast done some research outside of owning both mice already, lets start with a simple image done from subjective testing among the two mice.
Not only that but the MX518 Revision 2 which uses the Avago 3080E optical sensor, has data saturation issues while Setpoint is installed and causes erratic tracking and performance loss.
That's on a hard glass pad. Tell the japanese to throw that shitty ADNS 9500 G9x on any cloth pad and watch it fail hard. My original MX518 has a higher maximum tracking speed then my G500 on cloth mouse pads and does it without acceleration problems.
"shitty ADNS 9500 G9x on any cloth pad and watch it fail hard"
Really, so you already have gathered data showing it fail hard on a cloth pad right? I'm currently using it on a Puretrak Talent right now and I must say just from a user's pov it feels amazing at both low and fast speeds and there is no jitter issues either.
It only takes a few minutes to figure it out. The G500 is completely unskippable on a hard surface but on a cloth surface it's maximum tracking speed is way lower then my deathadder or MX518. I have tried it on many different cloth pads including:
Puretrak Talent
Razer Goliathus speed
Steelseries Qck
CM storm Ak-47 (somewhat similar to the goliathus control)
Nobody said anything about jitter, my two G500's don't jitter on anything. There is a thread on logitech forums where people were complaining about the issue and logitech showed a few pads where their 4.19m/s claim was reached.
"stupid shape" - completely subjective, ignorant and shallow immature, though using one as I'm writing this I'm not seeing where the shape is stupid. The left side thumb indentation is nice, my pinky sits comfortably to the side and the mouse does not feel too long. I'm sure you're just some kid who has zero insight into ergonomic's whatsoever and just goes based off of looks.
"grip gimmicks" - Now you're just making yourself look dumb, becuase both grips appeal to different people and styles. And I find the suregrip drygrip to be the best I've used at wicking away perspiration. But it's obvious at this point you don't even own the mouse, or have tried it.
"weights" - huh?
"misaligned sensor (not in center of mouse)" - I'll give this some credit, but it's not something that I have been able to notice an issue with, save maybe having to turn more to the right to make flick shots to the right. However I am always at the same reference point from where I am so it doesn't make much of a difference.
"positive accel" - too small to be noticed.
"high price" - nothing a good job can't take care of. And the performance and feature's are enough to justify paying for it.
"mx518 at 400dpi has very high tracking speed w/o the pos accel that g9x gets." - again the +a is miniscule
"Everyone knows setpoint is trash and only a complete retard would think about installing it. " - I think you'd be surprised by the number of people who use it that aren't aware of this issue. Other than that though, there's nothing wrong with the latest Setpoint and the options it provides, which makes you ignorant.
Razer hasn't released any firmwares for the abyssus because I believe it lacks the ability to be flashed in the first place. The 3.5G deathadder is flashable and does have firmware updates available which probably does fix the jitter. Same situation with the 3G deathadder and the salmosa.
I contacted razer with this exact question. They said that the only thing different was the coating. The firmware wasn't any different and the mouse will have the same tracking flaws as the old one. A shiny coating was much more important to them compared to fixing the jitter problem.
I have a nice job. Money is not a factor. Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 @ 500 hz just happens to be as good as it gets.
*shrug
/mentioned the job because I've had people that don't know what they're talking about assume that price was the reason for selecting this mouse.