Logitech G5 and G7 Gaming Mouse Review

primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
edited March 2006 in Science & Tech
Logitech introduces their newest additions to their gaming peripheral lineup.

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Comments

  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    Did you find that only having one thumb button on the mouse was a major downside? One of the things that has stopped my friends and I from buying one of these is only having one thumb button.

    one note:
    PTFE is teflon.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    Sweet :D

    Wouldn't mind a G5, looks & sounds good ;)
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    With the Setpoint software, you can configure the "left/right" scroll button to be keystrokes or whatever, so actually there are five configurable buttons if you give up the on-the-fly accuracy settings. So, thumb button, scroll left, scroll right, sens. up, and sens. down can all be reprogrammed.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    Does the setpoint translate over to the MX1000 mouse..? Was it a straight plugin/plugout?
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    I don't know, to be honest. My MX1000 is on a different machine. This is my first install of Setpoint.

    The sensitivity adjustments do not depend on the setpoint software. You can still use them as they are hardware rather than driver based, even without installing the 33mb setpoint package.
  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    Nice review!!!
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited November 2005
    The G5 looks good but too much money to spend just on a mouse.


    As Q said, nice Review prime :thumbsup:
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    That's what a lot of people think (price), but honestly, the G5 is worth it. If you do any work in photoshop, $70 isn't much to spend on a high quality input device.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited November 2005
    I agree. Once you start using a high quality pointing device (such as the G5 or G7), you'll never want to go back to "plain" 2-button mice.
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited November 2005
    Good review.

    As for it being a gaming mouse. I need more buttons then that. My 510 has what 8 buttons and I have them all bound in every game. I think the G5 would be awesome if they included all the buttons from the 510 - 1000 series mice.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited November 2005
    Great review, prime. I've been getting by with a mundane two-button mouse since my old one started having sticky button problems, the G5 is going on my Christmas wish list. :D
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    Four month checkup:

    I still love the G5. I still feel that it is the best mouse I've ever used.

    However, the braided cord? --> Cats LOVE to chew on it :mad:
  • lemonlimelemonlime Canada Member
    edited March 2006
    I've been tempted to pick up the G5, but bought the G15 gaming keyboard instead.. I think they would complement eachother nicely though ;)
  • AtticusAtticus Dryden, Ontario, Canada.
    edited March 2006
    Ahh they look great together. I bought a G5 just after christmas based on prime's article, which is great btw, and i love it. I bought the G15 about a week later and i can't keep my hands off it. :rockon: The pair look fantastic together and work great.
  • lemonlimelemonlime Canada Member
    edited March 2006
    Atticus wrote:
    Ahh they look great together. I bought a G5 just after christmas based on prime's article, which is great btw, and i love it. I bought the G15 about a week later and i can't keep my hands off it. :rockon: The pair look fantastic together and work great.

    I really love my G15 too, I have been using ~$30 logitech keyboards for years, and I didn't know what I was missing all this time :)
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