Razer Deathadder Review
The Razer DeathAdder™
Is the mouse I would recommend to any gamer that wants to become better or just simply to improve on aim and movement, overall this is my gamers choice mouse and here are my reasons why.
The Razer Deathadder comes equipped with changeable on the fly 1800dpi Precision that tracks and controls your every movement to precise accuracy, whether you’re a slow controlled gamer who uses a low dpi setting and low sensitivity in game then tracking with this mouse won’t be a problem, the smoothness and precision of the mouse will make you feel like you’re using an aimbot. If you’re a high sensitivity player like myself then again this mouse will suit you down to the ground and here’s why, I personally use 1800dpi, 500hz (polling rate), and even on such high settings I still maintain perfect control and precision that allows me to track my enemies and kill them with ease. It allows me to have the smoothness of tracking someone up close to then instantly switching and doing 180 degree spins and hitting someone at long distance, and thanks to the 3.5G Infrared Sensor it never skips or misses a heart beat, so you can do those fast flick shots without it skipping like other conventional gaming mice.
It also comes with programmable buttons, which you have two buttons on the left hand side of the mouse that your thumb sits comfortably on, here you can assign anything to these buttons, whether it be for changing weapon, macro’s you might’ve set up for repeating actions on games such as World of Warcraft, or even on the fly DPI changing so you can test higher and low speeds to suit your needs.
The mouse also includes a mousewheel in the centre of the mouse, which nicely glows blue for all those people who color coordinate their PC so everything is matching, then black and neon blue is definitely the look to have. This mousewheel like the other buttons can be programmable, whether you’re wheeling it up to change weapon, or to scroll a web page, the sensitivity can be adjusted to suit you. Also pressing downwards on the mousewheel enables another function also.
And you can’t go wrong with the easy to use user friendly Razer Deathadder Drivers that this mouse comes with where you can customize the settings to suit your personal preference as a gamer.
Specifications:
* 1800dpi Razer Precision™ 3.5G infrared sensor
* Ergonomic right-handed design
* 1000Hz Ultrapolling™ / 1ms response
* Five independently programmable Hyperesponse™ buttons
* On-The-Fly Sensitivity™ adjustment
* Always-On™ mode
* Ultra-large non-slip buttons
* 16-bit ultra-wide data path
* 60–120 inches per second and 15g of acceleration
* Zero-acoustic Ultraslick™ Teflon feet
* Gold-plated USB connector
* Seven-Foot, lightweight, braided fiber cable
* Approximate size: 128mm (length) x 70mm (width) x 42.5mm (height)
Design: 9/10 (Comfortable, smooth, looks great, feels great, won’t deteriorate anytime soon.)
Precision: 10/10 (Not come across anything better, wish I had switched to this mouse sooner)
Price: 9/10 (Considering the price is $59.99 retail from the Razer website, or the equivalent of £37.62 here in the UK, then you can’t go wrong for a mouse that will instantly improve aim, control and be visibly noticeable within a few days of purchasing this gaming mouse, then it’s worth every bit of $59.99.)
OVERALL: 9/10
(Perhaps I’m biased but after using this mouse for so long and being a diehard Logitech mouse user for so many years, I really regret wasting so much time on Logitech and wish I had moved over to Razer sooner, but only you can tell if it suits you or not, but I highly recommend to any gamer to start using the Razer Deathadder Gaming Mouse and you’ll notice the difference yourself.
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Defo gonna make the change after reading this and talkin to you :) ty m8
Sounds awesome!
Nice review, uk price ?
Ok im dumb seen the uk price my apologies…
well, dont forget to mention that the mouse skips annoying with low sens on cloth pads like steelseries qck
lol
I’ve tried it on low sens briefly, but I’ve always used high sens so never really experienced ’skips’ I thought you’d notice skips more with higher speeds and trying to flick rail for example, surely that puts more strain on the mouse to be more precise?
I’d recommend getting a new mousepad though, see if that helps?
I could understand you saying the Logitech G5 skipping, cos they use to a lot when I used them in Quake 4, especially on my high sens, it was bad :)
with what mousepad do you use the deathadder?
do you use skates?
I use the Qpad UC, not really test any other pads with this mouse as I haven’t felt the need to do so as I’m comfortable with this as it is. No skates either, just standard out of the box.
Was on the verge of getting one of these until I saw the steelseries xai. I can’t resist the WMO shape updated with high dpi/driverless etc. But if the xai isn’t as good as its supposed to be I’ll be sending it back and getting a da for sure :)
Nice review and I agree, high dpi is great. I recently stopped using accel+low sens and want high sens only, but my wmo can’t do it, the tiniest movement skips about 5 pixels, making it impossible to aim at long distance and track smoothly.
Its really nice to have all these great mice on the market to choose from.
Also I’ve heard a lot of bad things about the G5, but apparently the G500 and G9x are much better (sensor wise). But still I think the DA/ms explorer and WMO shapes are the best overall, and shape is one of the most important things to consider when buying a mouse.
Nice review BST :)
yer it is a GOOD mouse for a gamer
but i hate it in windows with apps, as the buttons are way to light to press tbh
so you tend to have menus pop wen you DONT WANT then :(
Hi mate :)
Got the Xai today, tested it for negative accel etc, and I can’t get it to malfuntion. I was concerned about it being a laser mouse but it looks like they’ve ironed out the problems of the older laser sensors.
So far I’m really pleased with it, I can’t find a single thing I don’t like about it. Some people might not like the ambidextrous design though.
The buttons are very similar to my old intellimouse but feels, which I really like. Also it has a screen on the bottom of the mouse where you can adjust all the settings so you don’t need drivers, which is a bit of a gimmick for most people but for a pro I can see it being really useful.
If I would review the mouse I’d give it a 10/10 easily.
I can’t speak for the deathadder as I never used one, the buttons sound like the ones I had on my razer diamondback though (I used to use in Q2). They are a bit annoying but I got used to them :)
I think razer calls it “Hyper-response” :)
Hey dude, yeah I’ve read recently about laser mice being more responsive and don’t skip so much anymore, I’ve never used a Steelseries mouse, doubt I ever will so I’ll have to take your word on how good it is mate. I’m biased towards the Deathadder it seems but after being a Logitech kiddy for over 10 years it was hard for me to switch and once I did I wished I had done it sooner.
A mouse i’m eager to test/try is the Roccat Kone – Here is the URL to the mouse, tell me what you think, may be up your street as well (Well not now as you’ve got your Xai mouse, but still.) Take a look.
http://www.roccat.org/Products/Gaming-Mice/ROCCAT-Kone/
Yeah hyper-response, responsive buttons that are too sensitivity I think on times, especially if you’re heavy handed or just naturally got big heavy fingers, haha.
I can only use certain shaped mice, like the ball mouse from Logitech the ‘mouseman’ was perfect, and the MX518 and G5’s were up my street on the design as well, and the only Razer mouse I found that was similar in shape / size was the Deathadder and now the Kone from Roccat i’m interested in trying.
See I found the G5 to skip, and I know what you mean about DA and at distance its hard to track or lock on with the smallest of movements, but then I think that’s down to the settings you use, if you use lower sent and lower DPI, it’s smooth and responsive, but if you’re like me and use higher/faster sens then yeah it’s hard to track with DA at long distance, but then I aim for having faster movement for flick rails and fast rocket play and not so much on my LG or anything for long distance.
Logitech laser mice and stuff always skipped for me, must’ve been my sens, but I can actually shake the DA as fast as I can and it never does, if I did that with certain Logitech mice, shake it, say i shook it right, it’d skip and move left all on its own, it even got to a stage where I’d leave my mouse stationary, not touching it, yet my cursor was moving on it’s own slightly to the left, lol. Never experienced anything like that with the DA in the 3 or so years I’ve been using it, same mouse as well since I started Quake4 all those years ago, not changed it once.
Definately the Xai is the wrong shape for you then. But I wouldn’t discount steelseries if they make a mouse in the shape you like (I wouldn’t get an Ikari though). They have a lot of nice features on their mice, like whatever DPI you want (anything between 100-5000 on the xai), also you can adjust the amount of angle snapping/prediction, and jitter control, which pretty much all mice have but you can’t adjust. I don’t know how much of a difference it makes, but its nice that they thought of these things.
Personally I’m not sure about the Roccat Kone. The only laser sensor I trust is the one in the Xai, G9x, g500, qpad 5K. I think if I were you I’d be more eager to try the Qpad 5K:
http://www.corporate.qpad.se/modules/news/article.php?storyid=229
There is also a new deathadder out, which has 3500DPI. Its the one I nearly got :) It doesn’t have any other new features though afaik. Its still optical.
The G5 sounds pretty crap but then again all laser mice using those sensors were. I don’t know if I would blame logitech on their own, afterall the MX518 is a great mouse, and these new ones are good too.
I had a Razer diamondback a few years ago, and that started moving on its own aswell. Its just bad luck.. credit to Razer though, they sent me a new one, and it was about 3 years old. Nice warranty :)
As for skipping pixels at long range, well, it shouldn’t, but I think it could be more down to the human hand. At those kinds of sens, it doesn’t matter what DPI you have on the mouse, because hands just can’t use that kind of presision. I mean how many dots do you think your hand can move in an inch? :)
Having said that its nice to have the DPI, so you at least know your mouse won’t be skipping any pixels. Its easy to test, just try and move the xhair slowly, pixel by pixel, then you’ll know if its your hands or your mouse which is causing the skipping. Higher DPI @ the same cm/360 will help.
Another way to reduce skipping is to make the surface of the mouse mat and the bottom of the mouse as frictionless as possible. Ie. teflon mouse feet and a glass or teflon coated mouse mat. Such as the Icemat or the ulti-mat:
http://www.ulti-mat.com/v4/index.php?page=product&pid=10
Btw the name of the new laser sensor is Avago ADNS-9500. So any mouse with that should be a winner :)
Theres a thread about it here, it mentions most of the mice that have it:
http://esreality.hexus.net/?a=post&id=1767295
I’ve actually taken time out to see the Steelseries Xai and I can say the shape of the mouse is up my street, it looks similar in shape as the Deathadder, I’m definitely interested in testing one of these mice, it looks interesting. I also want to test some Roccat stuff, they look decent as well, had the DA for sometime now, perhaps its time for a change, just not sure in which direction to go, it’ll take a while to adapt to something new after playing on this for so long.
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