Razer Diamondback

[Sliver]

Thanks to all those that gave advise on the Razer, i went and bought one today.

I must say, it's a really awesome mouse, the feel and weight is so much better than my mx500, time will tell how much it will help my game :)

[GunJitsu]

3 Q's about the mouse:

1) Where?
2) How much?
3) How many buttons does it have, I use the 2 thumb buttons on the mx500 alot?

[Macera]

:D Congrats Sliver

[Garfield]

GunJitsu it has 7 buttons

it costs about 700 bucks

i got mine from naked it

[Shrimp]

Got pix? :)

[Garfield]

sliver dont forget to d/l the latest drivers for it

[Garfield]

yea i can take one quick shrimp if you want

[Shrimp]

Since everyone's doubting it's got lots of buttons, how about a pic or two showing the extra button locations? :)

And give the Attachments system a bit of a work out :D

[Garfield]

there you go

[Shrimp]

Wooo, attachments in action :D

Is that little bit on the front next to the left button, a button?

I can't see any muttons aside from the left, middle and right buttons :P. Must be a stealth mouse ;)

[Nautilian]

Well, the Diamondback has a thumb and pinky buttons which each are 2 buttons within themselves as well as left and right mouse button and a scroll wheel which is clickable. So in total it is 7 buttons. The Diamondback also comes in a Chameleon or Magma Lava colour, which is basically either a 6110 finish or clear mouse.

The other advantages is that the DB is a 1600 DPI mouse with on the FLY SENS, not on the fly DPI, so you are always getting full DPI unlike the MX518 to come. The mouse is very light and if I could say a shape it would be similar to it would be the Explorer 3.0 or MX300.

Naut

[Garfield]

i tired to get the extra buttons

but i can show you a pic of the config page

[Shrimp]

Ahh, there we go :)

Thanks great, thanks :D

[Garfield]

shrimp where the end of my finger is is the buttons it has dual buttons as naut said so on one side it has 2 buttons and the otehr side also 2 buttons

[Garfield]

must say its prob the best mouse i have played with since the boomer

[Macera]

Well the MX510 looks nicer to me :P

[Sliver]

3 Q's about the mouse:

1) Where?
2) How much?
3) How many buttons does it have, I use the 2 thumb buttons on the mx500 alot?

Sandton Gaming and Computer world in Sandton City (down by the movies), i paid R699.

They also have the Razer exactmat for 300 or 400.

[Divexo]

I bought one 3 weeks ago - best move i ever did
I can't use the buttons on the right hand side though.

[Sliver]

I bought one 3 weeks ago - best move i ever did
I can't use the buttons on the right hand side though.

At least i'm not alone then, i thought i had a spastic pinky or summin.

[Whoop_ass]

ye it the bomb man!!!!
told ye, way better than an mx510

[sneaky]

Fugly

[Nick]

I had a Boomslang 1000 really kewl mouse. Going to buy one of these soonish

[Macera]

My a4tech Office 8k owns all your mice!!!!!111oneoneone

[EvilCow]

*cough* the mx518, mx510 and mx500 all have 8 buttons, not just 7 *cough*

wow that thing is hideous! couldnt they have made it just a bit more attractive.

Logitech for teh win :)

[Macera]

I agree :P

[camel]

i concur, based on what boogey said that he took his mx1000 back 4 times, and still the same issue, i started getting that issue, so i'm not even bothering taking the logitech mx1000 back, i went and bought the razer diamondback, at northgate for R660.
What an awesome mouse, moves buetifully, gonna take some getting used to (especially the button layout) but the movement and smoothness rawks.

I am now a true razer convert

[Nautilian]

Sigh, you all finally LISTEN!

Well for all of those that have been Razer FANS (LIKE ME) from the start would be interested to know that the Razer Boomslang II is going to be out middle of this year, I got an e-mail from Robert Krakoff (Razerguy) saying that the mouse is going to be optical, coming in three different designs (1000, 1600 and 2500dpi). Razer is also in the process of releasing their gaming keyboard as well as a material mousepad to compete with the Fatpad.

Naut

[Elco]

2500 DPI?! rofl :/

[EvilCow]

razer fanboys are like apple mac fanboys :

http://vudu.za.net/evilcow/19990428l.jpg

[D>Fantom]

aren't all fanboys like mac fanboys

[EvilCow]

not really, no.

[<A>BioGizzard]

Fugly

agreed

[Elco]

Now I just hope they make a mx318 :D

[sneaky]

Why? Your 510 will eat a Razer any day even if it has 5 00000000000000000000000 dpi, guess they have to use something to try and sell something that ugly. Pretty soon they are going to release there 5 square CM uber leet gaming mouse pad to keep up with the high DPI as a normal pad will just be wasted space.

[Cataphract]

OK, so I succumbed to the temptation and the hype and I bought the Diamondback yesterday.

I also cannot use the buttons on the right hand side, except maybe the one closest to my wrist. After "a series of unfortunate events" on DM-Compressed I eventually disabled these buttons entirely.

General Impressions

It is much smaller and much lighter than the MX510. It is a lot more responsive and sensitive as well. The clicking action on the two main buttons, being fire and alt-fire is nicer than the MX510, primarily because of the non-slip indented surface of these buttons (whereas the MX510's are rounded and smooth).

Accuracy

Despite the fact that the entire feel of the Razer is new to me and I desperately wanted to plug my MX510 in again, I stuck with it for a while and my accuracy with the LG and the Shock rifle is already better than previously. I'm sure it will improve further with getting used to the new mouse.

Conclusion

It effectively has 5 buttons, since two of them are useless unless you're deformed.

It is a better mouse for DM and CTF, but I prefer the MX510 for onslaught.

Bottom line is, as soon as the MX518 comes out, I'm feeding the Diamondback to the cat (no, not myself).

Cheers
CAT

[<A>FluX.v2.0]

yarrrrrr to the 518.

[Elco]

Just have to love the fanboys, don't you ?! :/

[sneaky]

http://www.unreal.co.za/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=35&stc=1Two Words

[<A>BioGizzard]

rofl