Optical or Laser Mouse?

[cpeterson19]

I primarily play CS:GO and LoL and other random games but im just curious which is better for gaming Laser or Optical? what are the pros and cons of each?

 

Thanks,

[Chewique]

Optical

[cpeterson19]

1 minute ago, Chewique said:

Optical

For what reasons exactly?

[Chewique]

Just now, cpeterson19 said:

For what reasons exactly?

I belive they are better for gaming

[spartaman64]

2 minutes ago, cpeterson19 said:

For what reasons exactly?

laser sensors have innate acceleration which is bad for gaming the pro for laser is it probably works on more surfaces

[cpeterson19]

Just now, spartaman64 said:

laser sensors have innate acceleration which is bad for gaming

mhmmmm good to know!

[BrightCandle]

Definitely optical, only way to get a near flawless sensor. Lasers are good for tracking different surfaces but you should be using a decent mouse mat for gaming and thus controlling the surface to ensure good tracking or an optical sensor.

 

But while its true that no lasers are actually flawless its not true that all optical sensors are, infact up until pretty recently only a handful of mice models were actually any good for gaming and none of the mainstream gaming mice actually were. You have a long road of learning about sensors and the qualities of them if you want to take the red pill and actually find a good mouse.

[cpeterson19]

1 minute ago, BrightCandle said:

Definitely optical, only way to get a near flawless sensor. Lasers are good for tracking different surfaces but you should be using a decent mouse mat for gaming and thus controlling the surface to ensure good tracking or an optical sensor.

Ok Ok so then whats the difference between the 3310 and 3360 optical sensors? Or is there one that is better then another?

[BrightCandle]

4 minutes ago, cpeterson19 said:

Ok Ok so then whats the difference between the 3310 and 3360 optical sensors? Or is there one that is better then another?

The 3360 is lower latency and in some regards tracks better but it doesn't handle exceeding the failure speed the same, the 3310 deaccelerates in a graceful way whereas the 3360 behaves differently. I don't manage to get mine to failure speeds so the 3360 is just better for me.

[cpeterson19]

13 minutes ago, BrightCandle said:

The 3360 is lower latency and in some regards tracks better but it doesn't handle exceeding the failure speed the same, the 3310 deaccelerates in a graceful way whereas the 3360 behaves differently. I don't manage to get mine to failure speeds so the 3360 is just better for me.

Thank you for the info!

[cpeterson19]

13 minutes ago, BrightCandle said:

The 3360 is lower latency and in some regards tracks better but it doesn't handle exceeding the failure speed the same, the 3310 deaccelerates in a graceful way whereas the 3360 behaves differently. I don't manage to get mine to failure speeds so the 3360 is just better for me.

So which mice do you recommend?