Razer diamondback g3 for gaming, whats a gamers opinion of it

SkeeterUK · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:28

I got a diamondback blue 3g coming start of next week. Its the best optical i think razer do as all the rest are crappy lazers.

Anyhow it seems like a good mouse from reviews etc im just wondering what ppl thought of it that have it. Also what settings are good as im wondering which settings to use when i get it i mean my current one is good but its 400 or 800dpi res and lately i got sick of how slow it took even on max pointer speed to get from left to the right of desktop screen. I can play well with it in fps games and can aim good enough, im just wondering what benefits on desktop and gaming is gained from 1600dpi res and is aiming harder cos the mouse moves too fast or what?

SkeeterUK · 20 Mar 2008 at 18:23

Oh yeah they are 1800dpi aint they lol.

Hmm so turn sensativity down then turn it up per game? Ok ill try that when it arrives. Is there a profile thing that does it per game. Obviously profiles are no good if u switch to sniper lol as it needs a new setting so can it do multiple 1 game settings so 1 for sniper mode and 1 for smg for instance and is it switchable profiles within game?

Also im curious as to what ppl use the side buttons for, im not really sure what to bind them to yet.

SkeeterUK · 20 Mar 2008 at 21:47

Hmm always think of the spelling lazer when i think of a laser lol i duno why.

Hmm i guess i could bind somethig like f8 for rope when doing worms and one for nanas

About fps probably crouch and nades cos im always needing em and hate using the keyboard for em. Apart from worms and fps games is there any other ideas for side buttons for other types of games?

SkeeterUK · 21 Mar 2008 at 15:14

Not really interested in knowing about other mice, so keep to the topic please which is about diamondbacks.

SkeeterUK · 25 Mar 2008 at 10:18

How do you replace the teflon? Is it easily available if so how much is it and also do they come precut per mouse or is it like a small sheet of it and u have to cut the shapes out urself and stick on?

SkeeterUK · 29 Mar 2008 at 09:19

Got the diamondback today, a few questions.

Did the cd that comes with it ever not work for you as it wouldnt work for me just messes stuff up so i had to dl the software from razers site.

What settings do i do in windows to get the razer performing as it should? These are what i have at the mo.

Also does anyone find the right side buttons a bit too much in the middle as i use my ring finger for the right side button and i feel the button is too low. Might disable em i duno.

The feeling of the mouse is a bit strange but i like it, its a lot more comfortable than my trust mouse i used and i like the lights on it

Already see a improvment in accuracy on desktop usage its hard to explain but i guess ppl will know what i mean. I like the large buttons and they feel so nice to use. The diamond backs side buttons i was worried about cos i kept lookin for 2 seperate buttons on each side but infact its 2 in 1 per side lol its weird but its nice.

The software is a bit pants, i cant see where a profile per game is to set up, does the other razers mice software work with this razer dm 3g so i can get the more options maybe the deathadders software as thats a 3g sensor mouse i think.

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Edit - Also what settings is best for these screens cos im terrible with sensativity stuff. Can you share your settings so i can compare as well.

Also when im trying mohaa just now when i move the mouse a inch left it only turns roughly 90 degrees not 180 or 360, i turned the mouse settings ingame real low and turn off precision thing off as i think i was told to by someone near top of topic and use max sensativity through on the fly thing, but it just doesnt feel to turn round as much as i thought it would also its hard to move the mouse quick to a singular point as much as i used to with my old mouse i mean the DB is a bit faster with rotation but thats throwing my pin point accuracy off so im wondering for advice on this on how to get pixel perfect stops when ** turning so quick even when im moving mouse slow its hard to get it centered on something specific like a light or a corner of a box it seems to skip pixels. Im a noob i admit with this new mouse so help is needed to get me up and running the way it should be performing etc. Oh and the rest im playing at is 1280x1024 in mohaa and desktop as well. So if it was 1800dpi then surely a inch would mean the mouse arrow would go from one side of screen to other with a move of a inch but currently its only half the screen (left to right movement) with a inch movement.

SkeeterUK · 29 Mar 2008 at 20:14

Well in mohaa if i set the slider for mouse to all the way to lowest the ingame movement is dog slow no matter if the mouse on the fly setting is 10. So i have to move it to about 10% to the right to even get it moving at a decent speed. Also on the fly pop up display messes up mohaa as in if i have gamme up a lot it resets it to normal (too dark for me to play) so i had to disable the pop up display ingame to get it working.

SkeeterUK · 29 Mar 2008 at 20:55

Also in mohaa the side buttons dont seem to be registered as keys ingame i mean i cant bind the side buttons to anything. Anyone got a work around apart from defining the keys in razer thing cos if i do that then windows usage for back and forward while browsing might be messed up.