Logitech recently announced the G502, a mouse that is specifically geared towards gaming and ones who want to get really high DPI, roughly 12,000 if they would like. Even though many people still only use a DPI setting in between 2,000-3,000, it hasn’t stopped Logitech from making such a high DPI sensor which they entitled “Proteus Core”. They do say, however, that the sensor has zero acceleration, zero smoothing or filtering, and zero pixel rounding.
I was actually pretty let down that my mouse, the G700S, did not have the removable weights like many other Logitech mice. The fact that they added removable weights and in a decent styling makes for a pleasing aesthetic look. An additional feature about the weights on this mouse compared to other mice is that one can adjust where the center of balance is. I prefer the center of balance to be around the back of the mouse. Others may want it out on the center or up front. Either way, this makes for an extremely adjustable experience.
However, unlike the G700S that has 13 programmable buttons, the G502 only features 11 programmable buttons and they they seem to be really ergonomical. What the G502 does that many other mice do not is have two buttons right by the left-click. With these buttons one can change the DPI or even set it to something else like volume up and volume down. With the user profiles one can switch back and forth and each profile can have a different key mapping for each one. With my G700S I made a profile that was specifically geared towards photoshop/shortcut keys for general use, makes things incredibly faster.
In all, I would recommend the G502 if you see that you want the best gaming grade Logitech mouse. If you are not that interested in the DPI sensor or the adjustable weights, the G700S is another great option.
This has been Nickster258
Sources:
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/04/08/logitech-announces-g502-gaming-mouse-with-12000-dpi-sensor/
http://gaming.logitech.com/en-us/product/g502-proteus-core-tunable-gaming-mouse
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Turtle Beach Ear Force X12 Gaming Headset
The Turtle Beach X12 is a stereo headset designed for use with Xbox360 and PC. They are popular for beginning gamers because of their low cost, and provide the user with very breathable ear cups, comfort over long gaming sessions, and pretty nice audio. They are made entirely of plastic so they are very light. When I first got them they took a little getting used to because the bass mainly comes out the right ear cup, and everything else mainly comes out the left. I found this a little odd at first but I quickly got used to it.
Personally, I think the color scheme of black and green is pretty cool looking. They have cloth earcups that are very breathable and have about three-fourth’s of an inch of foam, which makes them pretty shallow. My ears can touch the inside of the cups and this can cause some discomfort to the user. I will take a quick break every couple of hours or so, and it fixes this problem. The headband is made of cloth as well, and is very comfortable, it distributes the weight of the headset very evenly.
Would I recommend this to people? Yes, they are a pretty decent headset. They sound good for both games and music, I have used them for countless hours doing both. The only downside to this headset is that the cloth cups can leak sound. So, if you are around other people a lot, these may not be the best choice.
Sources:
http://www.turtlebeach.com/product-detail/xbox-360-headsets/ear-force-x12/56
The_GregMcMac out.
Personally, I think the color scheme of black and green is pretty cool looking. They have cloth earcups that are very breathable and have about three-fourth’s of an inch of foam, which makes them pretty shallow. My ears can touch the inside of the cups and this can cause some discomfort to the user. I will take a quick break every couple of hours or so, and it fixes this problem. The headband is made of cloth as well, and is very comfortable, it distributes the weight of the headset very evenly.
Would I recommend this to people? Yes, they are a pretty decent headset. They sound good for both games and music, I have used them for countless hours doing both. The only downside to this headset is that the cloth cups can leak sound. So, if you are around other people a lot, these may not be the best choice.
Sources:
http://www.turtlebeach.com/product-detail/xbox-360-headsets/ear-force-x12/56
The_GregMcMac out.
Friday, April 4, 2014
NVIDIA makes a dual GPU card?! AMD responds with one of their own.
The new card introduced by AMD is basically two R9 290Xs with extra memory. Everything is doubled, the memory, the cores, the GPUs themselves, and, the bad part, so is the wattage. The R9 295X2 has a total power consumption of 500W. This just might be the downside to having two AMD chips, considering power consumption seems to be the least of priorities for AMD. This card is also the first reference card to feature hybrid cooling. "What is hybrid cooling?" One might ask. Hybrid cooling is where one can use the GPU in fan cooling mode and whenever they want they could plug in a custom water loop and get immediate liquid cooling. Remove the loop and clean out the tubes and it is back to fan cooling.
This card is essentially the AMD version of the Titan Z. Even though we do not know the price still, it is safe to say that it may not surpass the Titan Z as the most expensive practical one on the market.
This has been Nickster258
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