For thousands of gamers the doubts about wireless will push them towards Logitech's awesome G9x, but Bluetrack is a fabulous new mouse-tracking technology and the promises about this being a mouse that can convert gamers to wireless certainly have some foundation. It's responsive, comfortable, the thumb buttons are in a line rather than one above the other, which is still preferable to the Sidewinder even with its new buttons, and, in what always serves as the ultimate sign of a quality gaming mouse, you soon forget you are using it.ДЄnd yet, in many ways the Sidewinder's innovations just seem to make it more attractive. Logitech's G9x has kept all of the things that made the G9 such a favourite - interchangeable grips, weights and a quality cable - and in gaming terms it's a genuine pleasure to use. On top of this, the Sidewinder brings a sense of accuracy that is difficult to beat, and the wireless design of the X8 feels much softer on the eye than its predecessors. One of the surprising things about the Sidewinder range is that people tend to hate it at first use, but quickly come to love it when they get used to the slightly left-field shape. Microsoft has shifted from the much-maligned round thumb buttons to a squarer variety and this has indeed improved the feel of the mouse, and the build quality - as you may expect for a flagship mouse of this price - is superb. On top of that the BlueTrack technology, which copes better with problem surfaces, has already impressed us in other mice and it's made the transition into a gaming mouse with consummate ease. In terms of latency, if there is any then we couldn't sense it with no perceptible lag. Although the battery makes it a little heavier than would suit some tastes, for most people the mouse is a perfectly acceptable weight. New - Toshiba Satellite P755-S5398 15. New - Acer Veriton PQ.VDGP3.001 All-in-One Computer - Intel Core i5 i5-2400S 2.50 GHz - Desktop - LB. Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows. 'It was the key research point of the mouse because of the way that gamers feel about wireless mice.'Дespite our doubts, after some fairly hefty play sessions, the Sidewinder X8 has indeed proven to be reliable. Microsoft Sidewinder X6 Gaming Keyboard with USB Port. 'We really dotted I's and crossed the T's to makes sure that technically it was equal to wired mice. He insisted that the focus of the company's research had been on exactly this matter, adding: 'We feel that with Bluetrack coupled with our wireless technology, and we did the tests into this, there is NO latency difference between wired and wireless. The prospect of heavy batteries and, perhaps more importantly, matters like latency and reliability in the heat of battle have always led to a reliance on tethering the mouse to the PC. Back in October we asked Microsoft's Andre Reuter if it was possible to persuade gamers that they could go wireless with their mouse.

Microsoft sidewinder x6 vs logitech g15