Karna Razer Boomslang 2000 PC Game Controllers Review

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 3 of 5

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Summary:
Boomslang 2000 dpi

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 5 of 5

Price Paid:  $57.00 from ebay.com

Summary:
For those who ask why you need 2000 dpi....

If you're running, say, 1024 by 768 screen resolution, and you've got a 2000dpi mouse, and there's a 1:1 relationship between the mouse encoder counts and the motion of the cursor, then a mousemat area of about half an inch by four tenths of an inch will correspond to your whole screen. If an ant walks over the mouse, the cursor ought to jiggle.

The Boomslang 2000 actually does offer resolution this high, when set to its maximum speed. A diagonal movement of about 10mm moves the cursor between opposite corners of a 1024 by 768 screen. Even at this outrageous speed, though, it's possible to move the cursor one pixel at a time, if you've got surgeon's fingers.

Fortunately, the Razer mouses don't force you to have 1:1 correlation of mouse encoder counts to pixels. They offer excess resolution, so no matter how fast you set the mouse speed, there will always be at least one encoder count per pixel. Regular opto-mechanical mouses have a resolution of only around 400 dpi, which means at higher speeds they move more than one pixel per count. This is a serious issue for the fanatical gamers among us; when the opposition's a flying dot in the distance and you're going for that magic railgun shot-in-a-million, it's important that your crosshair stop where you want it to stop, not at some snapped-to-an-invisible-grid location a few pixels away.

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Price Paid:  $75.00 from www.ebay.com

Summary:
Don't listen to those guys that say it sucks, this mouse kicks-a. Most of the people that say that are newbies at games and have no use for a 200dpi mouse. I myself have duel monitors so it kicks.

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 1 of 5

Price Paid:  $100.00 from Online

Summary:
I didn't like the Razor Boomslang 2000. It's not a bad mouse, it's a very accurate and good mouse. It's just that my $15 Logitech wheel mouse can give the $100 Boomslang a run for its money. I have purchased just about every mouse on the market, from optical to cordless to optical cordless so I know mice. My opinion is avoid the Boomslang, it's not worth it.

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 2 of 5

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Whatever....I have been playing with this mouse for about three months now and I am just not impressed. First of all, if you are not working with really high end graphic programs, what do you need 2000dpi for? If I want faster mouse movement i just turn up the mouse sensitivity in the game. Secondly, the optical movement sensers (like all optical sensers) can keep up with quick movements. So I find my self trying to move quickly in games and not going anywhere. And finaly the buttons drive me CRAZY!! sometimes they work and sometimes the don't. Seems like I have to press and hold really hard to highlight text or drag and drop. I do like the on-the-fly sensitivity adjustment though, and the long cord it also a plus, but for $100 I think that Karna could have done a better job. This comes from someone who has played on-line games since the begining and has owned over 10 different types of mice.