mx518 1000hz in windows7??

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I'm just looking at replacing my deathadder 1800dpi as the left button is playing up.

Thinking of getting a mx518 but not sure if the drivers support 1000hz in windows7.

I tried getting my old mx310 + mx500 to 1000hz with the hidusbf driver but it doesn't seem to work on windows7 x64 :( so was looking for a mouse which has it supported in driver.
If the mx518 doesn't support it I might get a new deathadder or a g5 :confused:
 
I'm thinking of maybe getting another deathadder as the drivers seemed good and it's a nice mouse

Just installed the logitech setpoint drivers (70mb :eek:) and they seem really bloated.
Might look at the new Razer Imperator tho as it looks very similar to the deathadder in terms of shape :D
 
I would get a logitech G500, first thing it says to do is plug it in, not install software, basically the software lets you store your settings on the mouse, so no matter what PC you plug it into your settings are saved.
 
I just opened up the deathadder and fixed it :D

amazing how much I missed it :( I think the mx310 would be ok on 1000hz tho

think I'll definitely look at the new razer mice tho :D

1800pi & 1000hz is enough for the mo tho
 
Higher DPI and Hz is "better". Higher DPI means more sensitivity... more chance that the mouse will go where you want it to. More Hz means it responds faster, meaning it goes in the direction you want it to go, when you want it to go there.

It's also about build quality and comfort though! expensive mice tend to have either more technology or more ergonomic research behind them. Yes, I realise there are exceptions to this rule (diamond encrusted 800dpi optical mouse)...
 
SMAndy said:
Higher DPI and Hz is "better". Higher DPI means more sensitivity... more chance that the mouse will go where you want it to. More Hz means it responds faster, meaning it goes in the direction you want it to go, when you want it to go there.

It's also about build quality and comfort though! expensive mice tend to have either more technology or more ergonomic research behind them. Yes, I realise there are exceptions to this rule (diamond encrusted 800dpi optical mouse)...
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All a high DPI setting does is increase the sensitivity of the mouse, it's no different to getting a £3 mouse and turning windows sensitivity up a few notches. The argument about it being more accurate has been around since optical mice hit the market, and after using both high DPI and low DPI settings I find it to be a lot easier to use and more comfortable for playing with higher windows sens + lower mouse sens (at college at the moment but off the top of my head I think my mouse is at 600 DPI and windows 5/11, will check when I get home).
A higher Hz setting will be better as it will update the mouse movement quickly, however the difference is negligible from my experience. :cool:
 
There are differences between a high windows sensitivity, and more DPI, in my experience...

For one, you can't always turn off mouse acceleration within windows, and i always felt odd just turning up the speed - with a basic optical mouse, setting the speed at max, its still not as fast as my gaming mouse.

My reasons for having a gaming mouse:

Higher DPI = more sensitive. it picks up the surface better, and is less likely to do the old vanishing to the other side of the screen. If i use a standard optical on my work desk, the cursor never picks up the surface properly. Using my gaming mouse, it works fine... never any trouble.

Comfort: the buttons are bigger and the shape is slightly different. I feel like i'm putting less effort on the buttons to make them click, and i also have 4 buttons more than any normal mouse. Yes, I do use most of them.

Drivers: The Razer drivers have more customisability. I have on-the-fly sensitivity adjustment, which means if i want the cursor to go slowly for whatever reason, I don't have to go to the control panel, bla bla bla. Also button customisability. I can set any button to do anything. If i really wanted to, i could set the right mouse button to do a double left-click, and the wheel button to do a right click. No idea why I'd want to do that, but the option is there.

I have 2 mice plugged into my work PC at the moment, due to my KVM switch not having USB. They're both using the same windows sensitivity, but my gaming mouse (1600DPI Razer Diamondback) makes the cursor move much smoother and faster. It is a noticeable difference.
 
bJN said:
All a high DPI setting does is increase the sensitivity of the mouse, it's no different to getting a £3 mouse and turning windows sensitivity up a few notches.
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Are you sure? I know nothing about it tbh - but whilst you could get it moving the same speed etc wouldn't there be more "stops" between the movements?

I.E moving both mice 6 inches on mousemat = same movement distance on screen. But the higher DPI mouse has 16 "stops" in that movement while the lower only has 4? (Hope that makes sense)
 
bJN said:
All a high DPI setting does is increase the sensitivity of the mouse, it's no different to getting a £3 mouse and turning windows sensitivity up a few notches.
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With the mx500 & mx310 I put the sensitivity etc up so it was the same as the deathadder and it was jerking all over the place as it was such a low dpi :rolleyes:
 
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