My mouse has been slowing going tits up , first the LMB has been extra clicky, and now just the other dayI was flying adn it was super unresponsive, I had to turn up the sensitivty.

It is a MS laser Intellimouse Explorer 2.0a, about 4+ years old or more actually. So I want to get a new one.

 

Anyone know if I will see some major improvments in terms of increased sensitivy/aiming with a new mouse? Aka, shoudl I be excited in teh pants?

 

My budget is under $30-40, and it preferably should have a similar set-up as the MS one , with 4 buttons a scroll wheel in teh middle etc. I really wont pay mor ethan $40 so don't try and talk me into some uber mouse.

 

http://reviews.cnet.com/4566-3148_7-0.html?filter=100021_9751070_&tag=dir

http://peripherals.about.com/od/mice/tp/topmice.htm

Yeah I think I can spare an extra $20 or so and get a nice one.

if you wanted a diamondback, this would be the one to get. i have a red one and a blue one around here and the blue one imo is way cooler.

http://www.gogamer.com/cgi-bin/GoGamer.storefront/44ebeb2105025586273fd0fedee206ae/Product/View/000RAZDPC

that being said, having two of them already, i'd look at something else for my next mouse. the razer drivers can be a little sketchy and not always load correctly and sometimes windows fails to power the mouse on some boots/reboots. only thing you can do is reboot again, cause if you pull the plug and reinsert it, the driver blue screens.

the mouse is kinda long too, not a problem on it's own, but they put the scroll wheel so far down near the end that if you like to drive with your fingertips instead of your wrist, the scrollwheel can be hard to reach, as well as the button stiff to push since they're so long and hinged at the back instead of the front.

i have no complaints with sensitivity or tracking. it tracks perfectly. there's just some niggly things.

also i like mice that function with default windows drivers, but the razer won't do that. it functions, but it's so fast even on the slowest setting, you have to use the rzer drivers.

the on the fly sensitivity is nice. some nights i like it one notch faster, and others one notch slower. if i couldn't change it on the fly, i'd likely suffer along and play like crap in the process.

the diamondback is a good $40 mouse, but certainly not the $65 they were asking when it first came out. but since it's the same shape and measurements as the copperhead with drivers from the same company, imo it wouldn't be worth $70 either.

What do you guys use for mouse pads? I think mine may be a bit clunky for gaming, but it is super comfy.

 I h ave one of those gel wrist pad supported ones, and I think soomtimes I get lazy or something and rest my wrist there, so I don't get great "twitch" sometims, although when I focus in, I can usually elevate my hand. meh.