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In the grand scheme of things, however, this will be a lot cheaper than conventional advertising. This is not a bad thing for anyone, as they are currently spo

by grimman 13y ago

In the grand scheme of things, however, this will be a lot cheaper than conventional advertising. This is not a bad thing for anyone, as they are currently sponsoring e-sports in a "big" way, and have done so for well over a decade now. I may no longer use or appreciate their gear the way I used to, but they definitely stand by their demographic. Definitely an ace move in by Razer here, in every regard.

niteshade 13y ago
+1 agree completely, honestly its rare that a company honours glitchy orders, at least in my experience, so I'm quite shocked actually. I've been a Razer person for a while, and I haven't found anything else quite like it. What do you use, and why is it better?
- grimman 13y ago
  The only Razer product I've been truly happy with was the Diamondback, which was nearly identical to the MX518 in terms of hardware. With a bit of driver hacking (really just substituting the vendor and hardware ID) you could run the MX518 with Razer drivers, which I did for a long time. I used Razer products since the Boomslang (with its floppy button problem, which was a material flaw, not component related). Among others, I had a Nostromo and Lachesis. The Nostromo was nice enough, but had some pretty strange glitches (it would at times switch profiles and just act really strangely). The hand-rest was coated in some rubbery thing which absolutely loved to attract any dirt and dust in the room, and ended up requiring very frequent cleaning. As for the Lachesis, there was a HUGE component flaw in the sensor, which was partially remedied by a ton of driver updates, but never fully fixed in my case. The cursor would drift, be subject to negative acceleration or simply not respond at all. Definitely not the kind of thing you'd want for any kind of input, really. What Logitech offers for me in this case is seemingly iterative hardware development, and great support. It's not flawless, it's not flashy, but it's safe and they have excellent customer service to make up for it. I'm no longer young enough to care for flashy gear. ;)
  - dhucerbin 13y ago
    Lachesis uses Philips Twin Eye PLN 2031. This sensor have some z-axis issues. Anyway its minor problem in comparision with mx518, which have some serious angle snapping/prediction.

by grimman 13y ago

niteshade 13y ago

+1 agree completely, honestly its rare that a company honours glitchy orders, at least in my experience, so I'm quite shocked actually. I've been a Razer person for a while, and I haven't found anything else quite like it. What do you use, and why is it better?

grimman 13y ago
The only Razer product I've been truly happy with was the Diamondback, which was nearly identical to the MX518 in terms of hardware. With a bit of driver hacking (really just substituting the vendor and hardware ID) you could run the MX518 with Razer drivers, which I did for a long time. I used Razer products since the Boomslang (with its floppy button problem, which was a material flaw, not component related). Among others, I had a Nostromo and Lachesis. The Nostromo was nice enough, but had some pretty strange glitches (it would at times switch profiles and just act really strangely). The hand-rest was coated in some rubbery thing which absolutely loved to attract any dirt and dust in the room, and ended up requiring very frequent cleaning. As for the Lachesis, there was a HUGE component flaw in the sensor, which was partially remedied by a ton of driver updates, but never fully fixed in my case. The cursor would drift, be subject to negative acceleration or simply not respond at all. Definitely not the kind of thing you'd want for any kind of input, really. What Logitech offers for me in this case is seemingly iterative hardware development, and great support. It's not flawless, it's not flashy, but it's safe and they have excellent customer service to make up for it. I'm no longer young enough to care for flashy gear. ;)
- dhucerbin 13y ago
  Lachesis uses Philips Twin Eye PLN 2031. This sensor have some z-axis issues. Anyway its minor problem in comparision with mx518, which have some serious angle snapping/prediction.