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Logitech G5 Laser Mouse Reviews

Part of the gaming series from Logitech, the G5 is a corded laser mouse sporting Logitech’s new colour combination—a mixture of brick-red, silver and smoke black. The rugged feel and
rough texture makes for perfect grip. The mouse is designed to neatly fit into the palm of a right-hander, with a nice groove on the left for the thumb—but we do think it may be a little too big for those with smaller palms. The G5 is very light, and speaking of weight, it comes with eight little weights—of 4.5 gm and 1.7 gm—which you can add to a small removable tray at the base
to attain the right weight for your gaming comfort! Installing drivers for the mouse is not essential, as almost all the buttons function as they should even without driver installation.If you install the drivers, a lot of features can be controlled via the Logitech SetPoint utility that comes with the drivers. Apart from the usual buttons, the scroll wheel can also be used as a button—you could, for instance, use the button to enable page zooming, and then move the scroll up or down to zoom in or out respectively. There’s also a button just above the thumb groove—we wish there were two! Two buttons would not only enhance Web site navigation, but could also be configured for various gaming actions. The mouse sensitivity can be increased or decreased on the fly using two tiny buttons just below the scroll. Higher sensitivity suits fast FPS games such as Unreal Tournament, and decreasing the sensitivity while using a sniper will bag more ‘head shots.’ The sensitivity presets are 400 dpi, 800 dpi, and a max of 2,000 dpi. But using the SetPoint utility that the driver installs, you can change the sensitivity settings. You can add two user-defined sensitivity levels in between 400 to 800 dpi and 800 to 2,000 dpi. The G5 scores high for the level of customisation it provides, but at the end of the day, it is an expensive mouse
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