Optical vs Laser

gropingmantis · 24 Nov 2011 at 07:40

For competitive gaming, mainly FPS (Quake, UT, CS/CSS) but some RTS (SupCom, SC2). Which is better?

I just ordered a Steelseries Xai which is a laser mouse and I have no doubt it will be lovely going on other people's reviews.
However looking around on the internet it seems that Steelseries' next mouse, the Kana, which is supposed to be the ultimate mouse and the culmination of all they have done is going to have an optical sensor.

Now I thought optical sensors were old news and everything was moving towards laser sensors. I am pretty sure SS know what they are doing so what advantages does optical have over laser?

gropingmantis · 24 Nov 2011 at 17:17

Nobody?

gropingmantis · 24 Nov 2011 at 17:37

I know I have googled it but all the hits seem to be from years ago when laser mice were new or completely subjective views from self professed internet "pros". I want someone to give me cold hard facts as to why SS believe new optical sensors to be superior to new laser sensors.

gropingmantis · 24 Nov 2011 at 18:10

Oh I wasn't planning on changing mouse. My Xai arrived today and I love it so far.

I was just interested to find out why SS is going for the optical but perhaps they are just emulating the Intelli 1.1.