My mouse is definitely on its last legs and I've started watching for sales to pick up a new one. My main question is not which mouse to get, but wired or wireless?

I like the concept of wireless, but it spooks me out because I assume there will be latency or consistency issues. So I'm wondering how other people's experience with them have been? Had any problems or a flawless experience, and if so what mouse and when?

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[–] 1 point 1 month ago (5 children)

It uses a 2.4Ghz dongle though, doesn't it?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

    The frequency of the motion processing (polling rate) is independent from the radio frequency.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    Shrug. Spec sheet says up to 4000dpi. That with 2.4Ghz seems like there should not be any kind of issue.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

    dpi (dots per inch) is a measurement of camera resolution, not of the speed of the sensor processing. So the full processing goes like this:

    60 times per second (60 Hz), the optical sensor in the mouse takes an image at 4000dpi resolution. That information is then processed and modulated onto a radio wave that swings up and down 2. 4 billion times per second (2.4 GHz) - but the information is still only sent 60 times per second, so less often than would be of a modern gaming screen updating 144 times per second.

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