[Mr. Selvetarm]

Well, my trusty little Dynex mouse died on me the other day and I decided to to take a step forward and get a actual gaming mouse. One problem- I'm almost broke. So I decided to see if one of the kind people on IMG would sell me their old one for a paltry $15. It can be wireless or not I really don't care, but it has to be USB and it has to work. Other then that I really don't care. You'd have to sell it to me on Ebay in a rigged auction so I could use my Paypal though. Thanks in advance, mR.sELvETaRM.

[bobbob]

mR.sELvETaRM, on July 6th 2008, 06:55 PM, said:

Well, my trusty little Dynex mouse died on me the other day and I decided to to take a step forward and get a actual gaming mouse. One problem- I'm almost broke. So I decided to see if one of the kind people on IMG would sell me their old one for a paltry $15. It can be wireless or not I really don't care, but it has to be USB and it has to work. Other then that I really don't care. You'd have to sell it to me on Ebay in a rigged auction so I could use my Paypal though. Thanks in advance, mR.sELvETaRM.

Why not a paypal transfer? Sounds kind of fishy.

[Mr. Selvetarm]

That's what I meant.

[the Battle Cat]

You don't have to drag eBay into the equation, anybody with a credit card can dump money into your Paypal account.

[Mr. Selvetarm]

Does Paypal still offer the protection and insurance it does on Ebay outside of Ebay?

[Dark_Archon]

mR.sELvETaRM, on July 7th 2008, 10:51 AM, said:

Does Paypal still offer the protection and insurance it does on Ebay outside of Ebay?

I think so. The protection and insurance wasn't from the EBay side. Other forms of payment on EBay offer no guarantee while paypal does.

[Mr. Selvetarm]

Hmmm, okay that will work but I've been looking and I can get a Logitech G7 for around $40 and a G5 V2 for around $35. Do any of you have experiance with these mice? Or recommend another decent gaming mouse in the $30-$40 dollar range?

[AussieMacGamer]

How much does a deathadder cost in the US?

[Mr. Selvetarm]

I can get a Deathadder for $60 at Bestbuy which is the same price I can get a G5 for. However the DeathAdder doesn't have on the fly DPI switching which was one of the major reasons I wanted a gaming mouse. Do you like yours? It's between the two.

Edit: Take a look at this link. I could probably get it remarkably cheap. What is your opinion Aussie? The auction ends in a remarkably short amount of time but I don't want to commit.

[Quicksilver]

The DeathAdder has the best on-the-fly sensitivity adjustment on the market.

[Mr. Selvetarm]

Sorry, I was looking at the Diamondback 3G.


Yay, 100th post!

[AussieMacGamer]

Actually the term "On The Fly" is trademarked by Razer. I love this deathadder now. The OS X drivers still need one more thing (for the profile switch button to actually work) but other than that, its the perfect mouse. I recommend it over Logitecs offerings. The only downside to it is i sweat like a mother when i use this for more than a half hour.

The deathadder uses Software to switch its Sensitivity rather than a hardware feature that the Logitec mouse use. So rather than the output of the mouse changing, it changes when the signal hits the driver on your computer. You can also set buttons to change the DPI on the fly however once you have the accuracy that On The Fly sensitivity you'll never go back.

[Quicksilver]

The thing that drives me nuts about the Mac OS X drivers is that they toned down the OTF on-screen display and ramped up the granularity too far (0.2 compared to 0.5). The Windows OTF OSD is admittedly ugly compared to the Mac version, but that fat, colored bar does allow you to gauge your sensitivity settings using only peripheral vision.

[Mr. Selvetarm]

Oh, and for my special gaming mousepad I'm getting this cutting board. Which I have read on several other forums "gasp" makes a very nice mousepad. It's perfectly smooth, is a dark color which works best for wired gaming mouses and best of all, is only $9. I didn't want to spend the money on a Ratpad or whatever.

[Quicksilver]

Good grief man . . . you spend $2750 on a Mac, and then you go cheap on the accessories?

[AussieMacGamer]

Quicksilver, on July 11th 2008, 03:54 AM, said:

The thing that drives me nuts about the Mac OS X drivers is that they toned down the OTF on-screen display and ramped up the granularity too far (0.2 compared to 0.5). The Windows OTF OSD is admittedly ugly compared to the Mac version, but that fat, colored bar does allow you to gauge your sensitivity settings using only peripheral vision.

Tell me about it! I have to scroll till midnight to move the OTF on OSX. The colored bar would be nice too! Luckily there are no games I'm playing in OS X at the moment(havent played a game in OS X since CoD2...Ulgh).

... You stole my display picture didnt you? I had that excact picture a while back!

[Mr. Selvetarm]

I'm going on vacation on Sunday so I don't have the time to order a nice pad.

[Frost]

mR.sELvETaRM, on July 8th 2008, 07:42 PM, said:

Hmmm, okay that will work but I've been looking and I can get a Logitech G7 for around $40 and a G5 V2 for around $35. Do any of you have experiance with these mice? Or recommend another decent gaming mouse in the $30-$40 dollar range?

G7 = best gaming mouse ever, period, end of story.

Yes, it spanks Razer's offerings too.

The G5 is nice, but it's too light and feels weirdly balanced even with the weights, and it has a cord. Cords suck, and so does weird weight, so G7 FTW.

[Quicksilver]

I completely disagree.

[AussieMacGamer]

Me too.


And you stole my picture Quicksilver!