Commonmind
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For whatever reason, whether it be the somewhat stagnant hardware market or the fact that there simply isn't much in the way of good software at the moment, I've been going out and blowing my money on peripherals. I gave the new G15 a shot recently and found it to be too much of a change from my Tarantula, which I soon replaced after promptly returning the G15 to my local B&M -- which is a shame really, because as a gaming keyboard it was definitely far superior to the almost featureless Tarantula.
So, I decided to pick up a new Razer Lachesis this past week and am a bit stumped by its design. I was a fan of their older mice, but haven't used one since the Diamondback, as I've been more interested in increasing the number of buttons on my mice, not its accuracy. Being that I spent most of my time playing games which didn't require precision, I found my MX Revolution to be suitable. Lately, however, I've been getting back into playing FPS titles and I began to miss the response of wired, higher DPI mice.
The Lachesis is very strange. While it boasts 4000dpi and a polling rate of up to 1000hz, the ambidextrous design is a little uncomfortable, the mouse is sometimes far too sensitive (I found myself turning the DPI down to around 2500) and out of the nine programmable buttons, only 5 of them are truly useful. Since you're going to want to keep two of them reserved for switching DPI on-the-fly, and two of them are simply in far too precarious a position to be used at all.
I guess the shape takes some getting used to; I disliked the Revolution after switching to it from an MX 1000. Though I may grab a Deathadder and give that a spin instead, since it seems quite a few people believe it to be superior to the Lachesis in design and function. I believe the Deathadder comes close in performance to my old Logitech MX518 and retains the right-handed ergonomics, which for me has been the biggest obstacle with the Lachesis. I guess I wasn't ready for a symmetrical design.
Anyone used either, have any thoughts?
So, I decided to pick up a new Razer Lachesis this past week and am a bit stumped by its design. I was a fan of their older mice, but haven't used one since the Diamondback, as I've been more interested in increasing the number of buttons on my mice, not its accuracy. Being that I spent most of my time playing games which didn't require precision, I found my MX Revolution to be suitable. Lately, however, I've been getting back into playing FPS titles and I began to miss the response of wired, higher DPI mice.
The Lachesis is very strange. While it boasts 4000dpi and a polling rate of up to 1000hz, the ambidextrous design is a little uncomfortable, the mouse is sometimes far too sensitive (I found myself turning the DPI down to around 2500) and out of the nine programmable buttons, only 5 of them are truly useful. Since you're going to want to keep two of them reserved for switching DPI on-the-fly, and two of them are simply in far too precarious a position to be used at all.
I guess the shape takes some getting used to; I disliked the Revolution after switching to it from an MX 1000. Though I may grab a Deathadder and give that a spin instead, since it seems quite a few people believe it to be superior to the Lachesis in design and function. I believe the Deathadder comes close in performance to my old Logitech MX518 and retains the right-handed ergonomics, which for me has been the biggest obstacle with the Lachesis. I guess I wasn't ready for a symmetrical design.
Anyone used either, have any thoughts?