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    SideWinder X3 Gaming Mouse More Count Dooku Than Darth Vader

    Razer Mamba vs. SideWinder X8: Wireless Gaming Mice Review

    SideWinder X8 Wireless Gaming Mouse Has Ridiculous 4000DPI, Still Designed by Darth Nerd

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    04/14/09

    In reply to SideWinder X3 Gaming Mouse More Count Dooku Than Darth Vader
    I personally much prefer a mired mouse for gaming. They are much lighter, and no chance of batteries running low when I'm in the middle of a 40 man raid, putting out serious DPS.
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    04/14/09

    @closhedbb: *wired, not mired.
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    04/14/09

    @closhedbb: Yeah, I didn't think your mouse would work very well if you immersed it in muddy water, or ran it across a damp sponge.
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    04/14/09

    In reply to SideWinder X3 Gaming Mouse More Count Dooku Than Darth Vader
    Hi,


    I'm a non-gamer, also known as Virtualis Protonoobis. I'm humbly requesting some sort of explanation as to why a single thumb button on a gaming mouse is really that bad.


    Yours truly,


    Virtualis Protonoobis

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    04/14/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: B/c real games are played on a PC, and they have more than one mouse button!


    But I'm guessing it's a macro/2nd trigger thing.

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    04/14/09

    In reply to SideWinder X3 Gaming Mouse More Count Dooku Than Darth Vader
    my current (old) microsoft mouse has more character than that. i think i will wait for the next attempt.


    ps
    i only have one thumb button. are two really that great?

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    04/14/09

    In reply to SideWinder X3 Gaming Mouse More Count Dooku Than Darth Vader
    Darth Tyranus isn't so bad. If it wasn't for Christopher Lee, he would've been completely lame.
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    04/14/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Christopher Lee makes everything better!!!
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    04/13/09

    In reply to Razer Mamba vs. SideWinder X8: Wireless Gaming Mice Review
    Anyone else hear the Imperial Death March automatically when they look at the Mamba??
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    04/13/09

    In reply to Razer Mamba vs. SideWinder X8: Wireless Gaming Mice Review
    I'm not trusting this review, at least when it comes to the "lag free" part. My last wireless mouse was a Logitech MX1100, which i bought based on a Giz review that said it has no lag at all, and works in games. Well guess what: it had terrible lag, i could feel it even on the desktop. It was returned to the shop the day after.
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    04/13/09

    @DG: Uh, nowhere in the MX1100 review does it mention gaming: [i.gizmodo.com]
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    04/13/09

    In reply to Razer Mamba vs. SideWinder X8: Wireless Gaming Mice Review
    Arggh! Please include as a pro/con the ability for left-handed users to comfortably use the mouse. I hate these damn right-handed only mice that come out. Sure they are ergonomic, but only for part of the population.
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    04/13/09

    @kbdrand: I'm left-handed, I use right-handed mice just fine.
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    04/13/09

    In reply to Razer Mamba vs. SideWinder X8: Wireless Gaming Mice Review
    Giz:


    1) Wired is cheaper

    2) I don't have to wait for the mouse to "wake up" from a sleep feature that's been forced on me in the name of power-management.


    'Nuff said.

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    04/13/09

    @blash: Even wired mice 'go to sleep' so that they don't burn the laser led out.
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    04/13/09

    In reply to Razer Mamba vs. SideWinder X8: Wireless Gaming Mice Review
    We've had good wireless gaming mice for a while now- the G7 was solid as hell, virtually lag free. Of course the battery only lasts about a day, but that's why they include 2. I'm using an MX Revolution right now, I bought it for a productivity mouse first, but it has the same sensor and radio hardware as the G7- and it makes a hell of a gaming mouse. It doesn't have the flashy lights and bright colors, but it's damn good. I'm a wireless gaming mouse believer!
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    04/13/09

    @jdickson87: Yep, I love my G7. Especially the part where it charges a 2nd battery for me, so that I'm not SOL if I forget to set my mouse on the damn charger (which is what always happens to me...)
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    04/13/09

    In reply to Razer Mamba vs. SideWinder X8: Wireless Gaming Mice Review
    Good review, but as many others have pointed out might as well get a cheaper wired mouse which can do the same. My friend has a logitech mx 518 that he got for 45 dollars and swears by it.
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    04/13/09

    @fromagesfondus: But, uh, the whole point is that they are wireless.
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    04/13/09

    In reply to Razer Mamba vs. SideWinder X8: Wireless Gaming Mice Review
    Uma Thurman vs. Michael Madsen?
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    04/13/09

    In reply to Razer Mamba vs. SideWinder X8: Wireless Gaming Mice Review
    Correct me if I'm wrong: we're talking about wireless mice, right? In 2009? In a recession?


    Because if we are, then neither of these are making my list.

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    04/13/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: And here I keep looking over at my Logitech G7 and thinking, "What do you mean there have been no gaming grade mice?"
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    04/13/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I'm sure you meant to say "expensive gaming wireless mice", because I can't go back to wireless mice. Nor a non-optical mice. I just shudder at the thought.
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    04/13/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: Razer's claims, not mine.
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    04/13/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Gizmodo: The site in which OMG!Ponies! gets flamed.
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    04/13/09

    @phor11: I've gotten worse here. And I'm just saying that it's hard for me to get jazzed about wireless mice. I don't know who's willing to pay that kind of cash for a wireless gaming mouse nowadays.


    I mean, the choice between a bag of Cheetos and yet another wireless mouse claiming low lag is no choice at all.

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    04/13/09

    In reply to Razer Mamba vs. SideWinder X8: Wireless Gaming Mice Review
    or you could spend about £30 and get a wired mouse which is as good, and lets me honest is no less practical than a wireless one (i mean its not like you sit any more than 2 feet away from your screen)
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    04/13/09

    @WhiteGuyOnWebCam_GitEmSteveDave: When are you going to change the name to Cracker-ass-crackercam?
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    04/13/09

    In reply to Razer Mamba vs. SideWinder X8: Wireless Gaming Mice Review
    Hey, let's not diminish the impact that teabagging has had on today's society, and the damage it causes.
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    04/13/09

    @WhiteGuyOnWebCam_GitEmSteveDave: Hey now, even Republicans support Teabagging!
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    04/13/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: Ok, I'll accept teabagging then, but I'm not ready to goto the extremes the current administration goes to:
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    04/13/09

    @WhiteGuyOnWebCam_GitEmSteveDave:
    Plus, my grandma really hates it!
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    04/13/09

    @WhiteGuyOnWebCam_GitEmSteveDave: I just spit out little bits of 3 musketeers all over my screen.
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    04/13/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: You can't make this stuff up.
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