Warwolf T1 g̶a̶m̶i̶n̶g̶ mouse, anyone? ( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ)

We have satellite internet, which is the worst kind of broadband available.

It's either that, or dial-up.

(I'm glad we don't have dial-up.)

The Microsoft mouse worked very well, in my opinion, and was magnitudes more comfortable than those that came before it. I’ve got one somewhere, but see no reason to find it :wink: . Though I used Logitech mice as well, I upgraded from Microsoft mouse to Microsoft mouse for my home computer, at least until they stopped making them better.

Nasty things, ball mice. The ball needed to be clean, but the primary problem for me was that the axles “automatically” cleaned (collected) most of the dirt from the ball. Once a week or whenever it began acting badly, I would turn over the mouse, remove the ball, and use a cloth or tissue to clean the gunk and unwind the hair from the axles. Since the mouse rolled over a surface rubbed by your fingers and arm, I figured that the gunk was dirt mixed with dead skin cells. It was dry, though, so it wasn’t terribly disgusting and people those days were accustomed to it :wink: .

One reason I chuckle at gaming mice that require a special, wired mouse pad is that old ball mice also performed best on “special” mouse pads. I went through at least a couple of 3M mouse pads in the late 90’s (before buying the original MS Intellimouse Optical) as they had tiny little bumps on them which helped to roll the ball more reliably. The 3M “surfaces” were really just a thin layer with one side textured, so I glued these to normal mouse pads and trimmed the underlying pad to match the 3M shape. I obviously liked the result, as…

Though the grippy texture wore off to some degree (and was no longer needed), I kept using one of those 3M pads with my Intellimouse Optical, as the pad had a highly detailed pattern that helped the optical mouse track well. Those early optical mice did not track at all on low-contrast or glossy surfaces. I wound up using one particular 3M-pasted-to-generic pad for about 15 years.

Spin-outs don’t require a trained eye to see/feel:

All the wireless mice tested there are low-latency wireless tech, except for the MX master. That’s why there is little to no difference in input lag.

Check out Steelseries they make good quality mouse and mouse pads for a decent price. I got one of these on sale for a great price so i bought it.

DPI isn’t the best but its more than i need i game at around 3000dpi playing Battlefield. My Razor was a better mouse specs wise but the build quality on the razor is subpar to the Steelseries.

Also Coolermaster have a nice lineup I’ve been using Coolermaster PSUs and fans for over 15 years they are decent.

Eeerm, WTF? I mean, how is that supposed to happen? A too jerky mouse push?

In all honesty, knowing hardware's limitations is also the pilot's duty. ;-)

This thread is feeling more and more like LGR’s channel.

All I know is that I miss playing marbles with the rubberized steel balls of broken old mice like Barkuti’s Genius above (and scraping the rollers clean of that dry grime that built up on them and affected sensitivity, it was one of my pastimes as a bored kid), and that I don’t think I need more than two thumb buttons to cycle among my soldiers in XCOM 2012, but a few for the pinky would be appreciated. lol :stuck_out_tongue:

Older sensors had a “max tracking speed” much lower than those in the last few years. If you swiped too fast (which is easy to do in a FPS if you’re playing at a low enough sens) it would spin out and look straight up or down like that.

With almost any sensor in any mouse using a DPI that high will introduce smoothing and other issues. I’d recommend dropping to 1600 or lower and simply raising the in-game sensitivity.

Pretty good rodent and quick delivery for the price (it's even cheaper now). This is just a quick run of the mill evaluation, of course. Mouse can be powered on without the lighting effects, which neither are unpleasant.

Looks like a decent mouse.

How do you like the scroll wheel?

Nothing to complain, with good default sensitivity.

It would be nice to see how it would fare on the aforementioned Linus Tech Tips delay/response time video benchmark, but I ain't gaming so no big deal.

I doubt that it would do as well as the mice designed for low latency, but it likely won’t matter to everyday usage, regardless. If you don’t notice any lag between input and movement, then it’s good enough.

I’m worried that these modern “gaming” mice that seem to be multiplying like rabbits from Chinese manufacturers/brands have too many cracks and openings, though. I think they’ll tend to collect dirt and gunk and have to be retired more quickly. I don’t even like some of the pricier Logitech models as they have honeycombed holes in them, apparently to reduce weight, and those holes will simply allow more dirt to ingress.

I’m sure those holes are helpful for weight and for reducing the sweaty slipperiness of typical mice in a high-adrenaline gaming situation, but that’s why I think many of these gaming mice might be a poor choice for an everyday mouse. Specialization often comes at a cost.